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Louis XVI called the Estates-General
Due to financial problems, Louis XVI held a three-level meeting. He only hoped to discuss tax increases, restrictions on news publishing and civil criminal law in the meeting, and ordered not to discuss other issues. The third level represents disagreement with tax increases and declares tax increases illegal. -
Storming the Bastille
The storming of the Bastille was a signal of the national revolution.
Cities followed the example of the people of Paris, and armed themselves to seize the power of municipal administration, and set up national guardsmen. In the countryside, peasants everywhere attacked the manors and burned the title deeds. Soon the constituent assembly, organized by the people, took power -
The Assembly Reforms France
Throughout the night of August 4, 1789, noblemen made grand speeches, declaring their love of liberty and equality. Motivated more by fear than by idealism, they joined other members of the National Assembly in sweeping away the feudal privileges of the First and Second Estates, thus making commoners equal to the nobles and the clergy. By morning, the Old Regime was dead. -
Issue Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen
France is at the heart of the enlightenment.
Over the past two hundred years, the spirit, principles and norms of the declaration of human rights have been integrated into all aspects of social life, not only forming the distinctive characteristics of French constitutional culture, but also having a profound impact on the history of modern and contemporary western countries. -
Guillen ruled
After guillen came to power, the main force was directed against the jacobins and the parisians. From the autumn of 1792, people were dissatisfied with their moderate policies, demanding a crackdown on speculators and price controls. The popular revolutionaries, represented by the reactionaries, demanded that speculators be severely punished and the prices of daily necessities be set comprehensively. Guillen decreed a crackdown. -
The Jacobin dictatorship
After the Jacobin dictatorship, the overthrow of guillen fanned armed insurgencies in many areas. June 24th saw the publication of the 1793 constitution, France's first democratic republican constitution, which failed to be implemented because of the war. In July it reorganized and strengthened the national salvation council, an interim government body, and executed speculators. In late October, they beheaded guillen and its supporters. -
The Thermides ruled
Thermidor overthrew robespierre and beheaded him. On October 26th the thermonauts dissolved the national convention and set up a new government body to oversee the government. The period of terror is over, but politics is still unstable. -
Napoleon was in power
Napoleon Bonaparte launched the foggy moon coup, which ended the rule of the executive government and established a temporary executive government.The climax of the French revolution was over. -
The end of revolution
After napoleon lost the battle of Waterloo, Louis xviii restored the bourbon dynasty under the protection of foreign troops, restored some of the king's rights, retained the revolutionary achievements, and established a constitutional monarchy -
July Revolution
Because Charles x massacres the revolutionaries, in July 1830, the people of Paris launched the July revolution, after three days of fighting, the capture of the royal palace, king Charles x fled to England, the establishment of the July dynasty headed by Louis philippe, so far the French revolution completely ended.