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Storming of the Bastille prison, a symbol of repression launches the Revolution. A battle that is a spark that takes 20 years to put out.
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The abolition of feudalism and the right of everyone to be a free citizen is declared. That set up the French government.
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Formal declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen, which incorporated the ideals of equality and dignity, later incorporated into the 1791 Constitution. Finally fishing a road to freedom and equality.
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Citizens march on Versailles and the royal family returns to Paris as prisoners in the Tuileries Palace (see Jardin des Tuileries). Adding another spark to the flame to burn the fuse of France.
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The royal family try to escape but are spotted in Varenne and return as captives. And caused even more problems and started some anarchy.
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A mob storms the Tuileries and the royals are imprisoned in the Temple. Another spark is added to a fuse to a bomb that is France that is about to be set off.
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“The Terror” reigns, under the radical Commune led by Robespierre, Danton and Marat. Thousands are executed by guillotine. finnaly setting off the devastating bomb causing all of the chaos.
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“The Terror” reigns, under the radical Commune led by Robespierre, Danton and Marat. Thousands are executed by guillotine. Finnaly setting of the bomb of France.
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The monarchy is formally abolished and the First Republic is proclaimed. Finally lighting a fuse of a bomb to go off and set off chaos.
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Louis XVI is found guilty of treason and executed. His queen Marie-Antoinette follows him to the guillotine on 16 October. While the destruction continued, they were exicuted.
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Robespierre is guillotined, ending the Terror, and the Revolution draws to a close. Finaly putting out a 20 year spark that nearly caused an entire country to be destroyed and wiped out.
