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Following economic despair, King Louis XVI calls for a meeting of French representatives. During the meeting, the National Assembly is founded and the Revolution began.

The Estates General was the governing body of France since the Middle Ages. By the French Revolution the Third Estate has decided to make some changes.

This article discusses the concept of Rousseau's "General Will" as interpreted by Abbe Sieyes, Johann Fichte, and Giuseppe Mazzini in context to their own nations.

Money problems, an outdated social system and the influence of the American Revolution all played a role in the start of the French Revolution.

On July 14, 1789 an angry French mob stormed the Bastille. The fall of the Bastille is considered the opening salvo of the radical stage of the French Revolution.

The National Constituent Assembly was established in 1789 and lasted two years, helping to establish the foundations of the French Revolution.

A group of deputies met on June 20, 1789, in a tennis court to establish the foundations of the French Republic. This action established the National Assembly.

Instead of just complaining amongst themselves, French citizens took up a battle cry to create change in government and society.

The Jacobin Club holds an infamous place in French history. Examine the origin and politics of the club that influenced the French Revolution and the Reign of Terror.

Louis was not an especially malicious king and in ordinary times he might have survived. Whereas, in the past, absolutism was accepted. Under Louis XVI it was intolerable

The American Revolution contributed to the French Revolution both indirectly by changing ideas about government and directly by harming the French economy.