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Storming of the Bastille
The Bastille was stormed by the people and then the revolts started. The king yielded to the desires of the third state who wanted to provide France a constitution. The Storming of the Bastille represented the end of the Old Regime and the start of the French Revolution. -
Abolition of Feudalism.
The 4 of August, in 1789, the Constituent Assembly, abolished the personal servitude, tithes and seigneurial justices by law. That event established the equality of tax. -
The creation of the National Convention.
On August 10, 1792, people stormed the Tuileries Palace, and the Legislative Assembly suspended the constitutional functions of the king. Then, a parlament called ''Covention'' was created. -
Execution of King Louis XVI
In the Brunswick Manifesto the Imperial and Prussian armies threatened retaliation on the French population if it were to resist their advance or the reinstatement of the monarchy. The French population believed that Louis XVI was involved in this threat, so Louis was condemned to death. -
Reign of Terror.
The Committee of Public Safety came under the control of Maximilien Robespierre, and the Jacobins unleashed the Reign of Terror. They used ''The Terror'' (a guillotine) to kill all people that was against their concept of revolution. -
Execution of Robespierre.
The Convention ordered the arrest of Robespierre, his brother Augustin, Couthon, Saint-Just, François Hanriot, and Le Bas. Robespierre tried to kill himself with a pistol but he didn't do it.
The 28 of July,1794, Robespierre was guillotined without trial in the Place de la Révolution. -
The Directory.
The Convention approved the creation of a new constitution the 17 of August in 1795. The new constitution, called ''Constitution of the Year III'' gave the executive power to the Directory. -
The coup of Napoleon Bonaparte.
The 9 of November, in 1799, Napoleon Bonaparte gave a coup when he returned from Egypt. Then, the Consulate was installed.
