So my basic understanding of this is that the revolution overthrew the monarchy under the house of Valois-Bourbon, then something to do with the directory and Maximilian Robespierre happened. Some time after that napoleon happened and then a blur for the rest of the century. Just asking for a quick rundown of the subject.
*French Revolutionary History: In 1789, France had its first revolution, initially creating a constitutional monarchy, but when that Louis XVI acted against the new forces in the National Convention, he was deposed, executed and the First French Republic replaces the monarchical government in 1792. As external and domestic crises mount, the Republic’s politics radicalizes further towards extremism, culminating in the Reign of Terror led by Robespierre in Paris (5 September 1793 – 28 July 1794). A conspiracy ousts Robespierre and his radicals and sets up an authoritarian executive body known as the Directory. Elements within the Directory seek to advance their power and use a successful general, Napoleon Bonaparte, to affect a coup on 18 Brumaire (9 November) 1799. Napoleon turns on his fellow conspirators and becomes Emperor of the French (1800-15). The Bourbons are restored after Napoleon’s downfall, but republican sentiment still percolates. General dissatisfaction with the Bourbons culminates in the July Revolution of 1830, where a cadet branch of the Bourbons takes power in a constitutional monarchy. As the monarch steers towards a conservative direction, republican sentiment grows, culminating in the Revolution of 1848 and the creation of the Second Republic. The head of the Bonaparte family, Louis Napoleon (Napoleon I’s nephew), is elected the president of the Republic by a large percentage of French voters. Louis Bonaparte illegally dissolves the National Assembly on 2 December 1851, and in a plebiscite less than a year later, Louis Napoleon had himself proclaimed emperor and the Second Republic becomes the Second Empire (1852-71). The 1871 French defeat at Sedan and capture of Napoleon III at Sedan led to a provisional government based upon republican lines. Adolphe Thiers becomes the provisional head of state and national elections are held. The Third Republic is formed and relatively conservative on a number of levels. Paris, which under the Prussian siege had become radicalized, revolts against the new state on 18 March 1871 after Thiers orders the removal of the city's guns. The Communards are defeated and the Third Republic establishes a relatively secular state. Although it weathers various foreign and domestic crises, the Third Republic is destroyed with German occupation in 1940.