Explain the events that led to the end of the French monarchy and how they effected France after the revolution.

The process
by which France began with a King and ended with an Emporer is a political phenonmena now known
as a "Thermidorean Reaction."  The ruler is deposed, but the revolution becomes so
radical that eventually few support it, and the radical elements are overthrown in favor of
reactionary ones.  Most revolutions follow this pattern and end up worse from when they
started.  The Reign of Terror was overthrown in July, 1794.  However, back then 1794 was
considered as the second year within the French Revolutionary Calendar, and July/August were now
a new month known as "Thermidor."  This attempt to dechristianize the calendar did not
last, and Napoleon reinstitued the more familar one shortly into his
reign.