The period from 1793 to 1794 is referred to as the Reign of Terror. The new National Convention was dominated by the Committee of Public […]

Following the arrests of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette, the Legislative Assembly disbanded and replaced itself with a new political body named the National Convention. […]

In spring and summer of 1792, the Austrian army and its Prussian allies started advancing into the French territory. The King was widely viewed as […]

The new Legislative Assembly met in 1791 and to curtail the activities of the Nobles, the Legislative Assembly passed laws. The king did not approve […]

The National Assembly styled itself the Constituent Assembly. It drew up the Declaration of the Rights of Man. The new constitution drafted by the Constituent […]

On August 26, 1789, the assembly issued the Declaration of Rights of Man and Citizen: Men are born and remain free and equal in rights. […]

The King ordered to lock the hall where the next meeting of the third Estates was scheduled to be held. Consequently, in June 1789, the […]

Meeting of the Estates-General On May 5th, 1789, Louis XVI was forced to convene the Estates General meeting after a gap of 175 years with […]

Although the king recognized the National Assembly, they decided to suppress it. A large number of soldiers were brought to Versailles and Paris. On hearing […]

National Assembly was the name of the Revolutionary assembly formed by representatives of the Third Estate. Number of clerical deputies and liberal nobles had also […]