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the debt of france
The national debt amounted to some 1,000–2,000 million in debt -
right wing rises
Factions within the Assembly began to clarify. The aristocrat Jacques Antoine Marie de Cazalès and the abbé Jean-Sifrein Maury led what would become known as the right wing -
third estate moves
Abbé Sieyès moved that the Third Estate, now meeting as the Communes (English: "Commons"), proceed with verification of its own powers and invite the other two estates to take part, but not to wait for them. -
the third estate
the revolution saw people from the third estate proclaiming the 'tennis court oath". -
bastille assult
the assulte of the bastille on the tenth of july 1789th -
the declaration of rights of man
the passage "declaration of the rights of man" -
the church takes power
The Revolution caused a massive shift of power from the Roman Catholic Church to the state. -
the bread march
the hungry women of the 3rd estate march over shops and raid them of there bread -
the king moves
the King and the royal family moved from Versailles to Paris under the "protection" of the National Guards, thus legitimizing the National Assembly. -
the epic march
the epic march on versailles that forced the royal court back to paris. -
the french revolutionary war
The French Revolutionary Wars started in 1792 and ultimately featured spectacular French victories that facilitated the conquest of the Italian Peninsula, the Low Countries and most territories west of the Rhine – achievements that had eluded previous French governments for centuries. -
next few years
the next few years are dominated by tensions between liberal assembilies and a right wing monarchy -
the king is executed
king louis XVI is executed -
the people of the french revolutionary war
Reign of Terror from 1793 until 1794 during which between 16,000 and 40,000 people were killed -
the fall
After the fall of the Jacobins and the execution of Robespierre, the Directory assumed control of the French state in 1795 and held power until 1799, when it was replaced by the Consulate under Napoleon Bonaparte.
