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ESTATES-GENERAL
An assembly summoned by king Louis XVI. -
THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
The Tennis Court Oath -
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THE NATIONAL CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY
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Storming of the Bastille
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Abolition of Feudalism
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Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen
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French Constitution of 1791
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THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY
Beginning of the war against Austria and Prussia. Inprisonment of the royal family. -
The Paris Commune stormed the Tuileries Palace and massacred the Swiss Guards
A period of chaos and insurrection starts because of the growing of the social unrest of the sans-culottes. -
Girondin Government
War on absolutist powers. -
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THE NATIONAL CONVENTION
The First French Republic. -
The monarchy is abolished and the republic is declared
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Beheading of King Louis XVI
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Jacobean Government (The Mountain)
Robespierre and the Reign of Terror. -
French Constitution of 1793
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Girondin Government
Robespierre and the Jacobins are deposed and executed (coup of Thermindor). -
French Constitution of 1795
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THE DIRECTORY
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Coup of Brumaire by Napoleon Bonaparte
The French Directory is deposed -
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THE CONSULATE
Period of inner peace. -
Concordat with the Holy See
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Napoleon as "First Consul for Life"
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Civil Code
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FIRST FRENCH EMPIRE - THE NAPOLEONIC EMPIRE
The Napoleonic Wars extended French influence over much of Western Europe and into Poland. -
Napoleon crowned himself as Emperor of the French
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Battle of Trafalgar
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Battle of Austerlitz
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Battle of Friedland
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The Hundred Days
Napoleon returned from exile. Definitely defeated in Waterloo. Exiled in Saint Helena. -
Battle of Waterloo
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Napoleon is dead
