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Absolutism and The French Revolution Jan 1st, 1600

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    The Monarchy

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    The Monarchy

    1 Jan 1600 - End 1 Jan 2000 The Monarchy
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    The Republic of France

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    The Committee of Public Safety

  • The Stoming of the Bastille

    The Stoming of the Bastille
    In France, Le quatorze juillet is a public holiday, formally known as the Fête de la Fédération (Federation Holiday). It is usually called Bastille Day in English.
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    French Revolution

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    Nappoleon as Emperor

  • The Civil Constitution of the Clergy

     The Civil Constitution of the Clergy
    The Roman Catholic Church was land holdings or banned monastic vows: that had already been accomplished by earlier legislation. It did, however, complete the destruction of the monastic orders, legislating out of existence "all regular and secular chapters for either sex, abbacies and priorships, both regular and in commendam, for either sex", etc.
    by Pierre Claude François Daunou
  • The Fête de la Fédération

    The Fête de la Fédération
    celebrated the establishment of the constitutional monarchy.
  • Return of the Royal Family in Paris

    Return of the Royal Family in Paris
    after their failed flight to Varennes.
  • War and Counter-Revolution

    War and Counter-Revolution
    On 10 August 1792 the Paris Commune stormed the Tuileries Palace and massacred the Swiss Guards
  • The Execution of Louis XVI

    The Execution of Louis XVI
    Execution of Louis XVI in what is now the Place de la Concorde, facing the empty pedestal where the statue of his grandfather, Louis XV, had stood.
  • Role of Women

    Role of Women
    Club of patriotic women in a church.
  • The Radical's Arms

    The Radical's Arms
    June 2, 1793. Satirical cartoon from England lampooning the excesses of the Revolution as symbolized through the guillotine: between 18,000 and 40,000 people were executed during the Reign of Terror and end at November 13,1819.
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    The Terror

    The Reign of Terror 5 September 1793 – 28 July 1794.
  • The French Revolutionary Army

    The French Revolutionary Army
    The French Revolutionary Army defeated the combined armies of Austrians, Dutch and British at Fleurus in June 1794.
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    The Directory

  • Louis-Léopold Boilly 1761–1845

    Louis-Léopold Boilly 1761–1845
    Early depiction of the tricolour in the hands of a sans-culotte during the French Revolution.
  • Monarchy of The United Kingdom

    Monarchy of The United Kingdom
    Queen Elizabeth II became monarch on 6 February 1952.
  • The French Reincarnation of The Fasces

    The French Reincarnation of The Fasces
    In September 5, 2007 The unofficial but common National Emblem of France is backed by a fasces, representing justice. End in September 15, 2010
  • The Constitutional Republic

    The Constitutional Republic
    Napoléon Bonaparte in the coup d'état of 18 Brumaire, which marked the end of the revolution.
    In nov 9, 1799 The constitutional party in the legislature desired toleration of the nonjuring clergy, the repeal of the laws against the relatives of the émigrés, and some merciful discrimination toward the émigrés themselves, End in 1804