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Louis XVI married Marie Antoinette to settle a peace agreement between France and Austria. This was a settlement between the Bourbon family and the Hasburgs family.
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Louis the XV died leaving Louis XVI to become king of France. Louis XVI was not prepared to become king because Louis XV did not teach him the ways of the throne.
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King Louis XVI called for a meeting of the estates general to pay off France's debt. France was in debt millions of dollars because of Marie Antionettes gambling addiction.
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The National Assembly swore they would not disband until a constitution was formed. They swore this oath on a tennis court, hence the name The Tennis Court Oath.
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The third estate created a new government, the National Assembly.
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Citizens of Paris stormed the Bastille in order to protect themselves from being wiped out from soldiers
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A group of fish market women marches to Versailles demanding bread for the poor. They tore apart the queens bed apart in search for her head.
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The royal family attempts to escape France and head to Austria so that Louis XVI would not lose his power from signing the Declaration of the rights of man
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The Jacobs were outvoted by the Girodins and Sans-Culottes and France declared war on Austria and Prussia
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The Monarchy was officially dead creating the first french republic
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Louis XVI was put on trial and found guilty for treason, he then was executed on the guillotine
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Charlotte Corday visited Marat claiming to have a list of traitors but instead she stabbed him to death, wishing to create peace throughout France
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Marie Antionette was found guilty of treason and incest, she was executed on the guillotine
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Robespierre believed Danton was challenging his power so he had him sent to be executed on the Guillotine
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After going completely insane and killing thousands of people, Robespierre was arrested. Later that night he shot himself in the jaw as a failed suicide attempt. Ironically enough he was executed on the guillotine the next day. The great terror died with him
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Replaced the previous patchwork of feudal laws
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Napoleon Bonaparte was crowned the Emperor of France
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French Emperor Napoleon was exiled to Elba after his forced abdication in 1814
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Recognized Europe after the Napoleonic wars
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The battle of Waterloo through the exile to St. Helena Island
