Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Bayan da ya shiga cikin Yakin Shekaru Bakwai da kuma Yakin Juyin Juya Halin Amurka, Faransa ta sami kanta cikin lalacewar kuɗi. Ƙoƙarin ƙaddamar da shirin tattalin arziki don sauƙaƙe wannan a cikin Ƙungiyoyin Janar na 1789 ya jagoranci maimakon Ƙungiya ta Uku ta kafa Majalisar Dattijai. An yi nasara, a bi da bi, ta Majalisar Dokokin Kasa da Majalisar Dokoki, majalisun dokoki daban-daban sun yi nasarar sanya tsarin mulki na tsarin mulki, wanda aka iyakance shi da cibiyoyin dimokiradiyya. Yunkurin kawar da masarautar gaba daya, kodayake an hana shi a ranar 20 ga Yuni 1792
, ya haifar da tasirin Louis XVI a ranar 10 ga Agusta. A ranar 21 ga Oktoba, an ayyana Faransa a matsayin jamhuriya.