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During a meeting of the Estates, the 3rd estate was locked out of the room. They moved to the Tennis Court room in Versialles and declared themseleves the National Assembly.
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The Radicals were fed up with the king. They wanted the weapons that were kept in the Bastille, so they attacked the prison. The prison fell later that afternoon
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After the storming of the Bastille, the great fear occured, many peasants were afraid of what would happen to France. They worked for the end of the fuedal system
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Many of the peasant women living in France were too poor to feed their families. They got mad and marches 15 miles to Versailles. The women stormed into the castle and ripped apart Queen Mary Aintoinette's bed to show their anger.
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While trying to escape from france, the King and his family get arrested. The radicals consider his flee as him giving up his crown.
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The King and Quen tried to sneak out of France but were caught. The radicals then took him to the middle of a town to have his head cut off by the guillotine.
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The Reign of Terror occured during the French Revolution. Excecutioners used the guillotine to kill thousands of people over the span of just one year.
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Marie, the Queen of France, was excecuted only two weeks before her 38th birthday. She was excecuted in Paris, France.
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This was when the ruler of France at the time fell. People were no longer being killed by the thousands.
