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This treaty ended the revolutionary war and recognized American independence. John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, John Jay, Thomas Jefferson, and Henry Laurens all negotiated and collaborated with this.
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This was an event that took place in a french marketplace where women were almost rioting over high price and scarcity of bread.
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The Estates-General was a French congress. It originated in the medieval period, and consisted of three estates.The clergy, the nobility, and the French society.
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Members of the French Estates-General (National Assembly) vowed "not to separate, and to reassemble wherever circumstances require, until the constitution of the kingdom is established"
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A prison located on the east side of Paris named Bastille was attacked by a mob. The prison was a symbol of the monarchy's dictatorial rule.
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Louis XVI was executed by guillotine at Place de la Révolution.
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Everyone against the national assembly was executed by guillotine.
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Robespierre was executed after his reign did not lead anywhere significant.
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This was a series of conflicts between the French Empire and the European powers.
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Anti-slavery and anti-colonial revolution by slaves against French colonial rule. Took place in Saint-Domingue, which is now the sovereign nation of Haiti.
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This is a painting of Napoleon created by Jacques-Louis David. The painting started to be made in 1804 and was finished in 1807.
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This battle was fought near what is now Belgium. The French army was defeated by a British army and a Prussian army.
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This movement was inspired by the Age of Enlightenment and the American and French Revolutions.