1789 in may, due to financial difficulties, the king was forced to convene a three-level meeting. Louis XVI tried to collect new taxes at the third level, but the third level demanded to limit the royal power and implement reforms. In June, they still decided to change the three-level meeting into the National Assembly. Louis XVI prepared to dissolve parliament by force. On July 14, the people of Paris revolted and captured the Bastille, a symbol of French feudal rule, and the French Revolution broke out.

1789 In August, the Constitutional Assembly adopted the Declaration of Human Rights. Content: ① Freedom and equality are human's natural human rights; National sovereignty belongs to the people and everyone is equal before the law; (2) The state implements the separation of legislative, administrative and judicial powers; Private property is inviolable.

Later, jacobins overthrew gironde and adopted a series of measures of terror rule, completely destroying the feudal system and completing the task of bourgeois revolution.

1794 In July, the jacobins dictatorship was overthrown by the Zeyo Party, and the * * * system was restored, which also marked the end of the French Revolution.

The significance of the victory of the French Revolution;

1. The French Revolution was the largest and most thorough bourgeois revolution in modern world history, which ended the feudal rule of France and cleared the way for the development of French capitalism.

2. The French Revolution had a great influence on the feudal rule of other European countries and promoted the bourgeois revolution of other countries;

The French Revolution set an example for bourgeois revolutions in other regions.

The characteristics of the French Revolution:

1.65438+8th century, capitalism was quite developed in some parts of France, and many capitalist handicraft workshops appeared. Individual enterprises employ thousands of workers and have advanced equipment. Strong financial capital. The bourgeoisie has become the richest class economically, but it is still in a helpless position politically.

2. At the end of18, the contradiction between the third class and the privileged class became more and more serious. The privileged class stubbornly maintains its privileged position.

3. Peasants and urban civilians are the basic masses and the main force of the later revolution. The bourgeoisie is in a leading position by virtue of its economic strength, political talent and cultural knowledge.

Reasons for the outbreak of the French Revolution:

1. Economic reasons: French capitalist industry and commerce developed to a certain extent, which was hindered by feudal autocracy;

2. Class foundation: the bourgeoisie is growing day by day;

3. Ideological basis: the Enlightenment for the outbreak of the Great Revolution;

4. External factors: the influence of the American War of Independence on the French Revolution.