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Parisian Workers Rioted
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Period: to
The French Revolution and Napoleon
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beginning of the french revolution
The beginning of a new United States of America and the
beginning of the French Revolution. -
Louis XVI called a meeting
of the Estates-General at Versailles -
The Oath of the Tennis Court
Jacques-Louis David, a representative of the Third Estate, depicted its challenge of the king’s authority in his painting, The Oath of the Tennis Court -
Restoring French monarchy
European monarchs rally troops to restore French monarchy -
The Revolutionary Calendar is introduced
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Revolts begin in western France
Revolts begin in western France; counter revolutionaries executed; anti-Catholic laws passed -
king louis XVI executed
reign of terror begins -
Law of 22 Prairial repealed
;release of prisoners begins -
Law of 22 Prairial was passed
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Committee of Public Safety
orders Robespierre’s execution -
Napoleon leads coup d’état
that topples French government -
Napoleon invades Russia
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Napoleon defeated at the Battle of Waterloo
