The Directory established Departements during this general event, which began with a failed meeting of an Assembly of Notables and a reconvening of the Three Estates.
The buildup to this event saw electors compile and air "notebooks of grievances" with demands like abolishing the banalite and corvee. One group of politicians in this event only sat in the highest two rows of their legislative chamber and were called "The Mountain" before they were reduced in number to become "The Crest." Those members composed the Committee of Public Safety before the Thermidorian Reaction during this Revolution. The Directory established Departements during this general event, which began with a failed meeting of an Assembly of Notables and a reconvening of the Three Estates. For 10 points, name this revolution which saw the Bastille stormed in Paris and Louis XVI executed.
The buildup to this event saw electors compile and air "notebooks of grievances" with demands like abolishing the banalite and corvee.
French Revolution