The French Revolution went through various stages. When Louis XVI became king of France in1774, he inherited a treasury which was empty. There was growing discontent within the society of the Old Regime.
1789, Convocation of Estates General. The Third Estate forms National Assembly, the Bastille is stormed, peasant revolts in the countryside.
1791 A constitution is framed to limit the powers of the king and to guarantee basic right to all humanbeings.
1792-93France becomes a republic. Jacobin Republic overthrown, a Directory rules France.
1795 A new Convention appointed a five-man Directorate to run the state from 26 October, 1795.
1799 The Revolution ends with the rise of Napoleon Bonaparte.
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