by OverSimplified
The whole French Revolution in two breezy, stick-figure-animated YouTube videos. Best 50 minutes you'll spend on it.
How Louis XVI inherited a bankrupt France, called the Estates-General, and accidentally launched a revolution. The Tennis Court Oath, storming the Bastille, the Declaration of the Rights of Man.
The royal family's failed escape, the abolition of the monarchy, Louis XVI's execution, the Reign of Terror, and Robespierre's eventual fall. Closes with the rise of a young Corsican officer.
If you want to grasp the broad arc of the French Revolution before the trip without committing to a college course, this two-parter is the pick. OverSimplified's signature stick-figure animation makes the chaos legible, the jokes land, and the history is solid.
Pairs naturally with the Crash Course version (different angle, half the runtime) and with the Marie Antoinette episodes — they cover overlapping ground from different points of view.