The french revolution

By saniyaarshad

  • Bad harvests:starvation

    series of bad harvests left millions of peasants starving

  • France bankrupt

    Wars against England and the extravagance left France Bankrupt

  • Fall of Bastille, National Assembly

    National Assembly has little control over peoples, On 14 July they stormed and captured the Bastille

  • Austria invades repulsed

    austria,afraid that revolution might break out amongst their own people

  • execution of Louis XVI

    Louis tried to escape Belgium but were captured and executed and France was declared a republic

  • Reign of terror

    The danger of foreign invasion required strong defensive measure

  • Directory Appointed

    At last French were exhausted with the savagery, fear and bloodshed of the reign of terror