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Treaty of Paris
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Call of the Estate General
the three governments estates had power split and it came to an end when the third estate formed into a national assembly, inviting the other two to join, against the wishes of the king. this signals the outbreak of the French Revolution. -
Tennis Court Oath
the members of the French estates general for the third estate , who had begun to call themselves the national assembly, took the oath saying "not to seperate, until the constitution of the kingdom is established". -
Storming of the Bastille
state prison in Paris on the east side known as Bastille, was attacked by an aggressive mob. The prison became a symbol of the monarchy's dictatorial rule, and the event became one of the defining moments in the revolution -
March on Versailles
An angry mob of 7,000 working women armed with pitchforks, pikes and muskets marched in the rain from paris to versailles in what was to be a pivotal event in the intensifying French revolution. -
Execution of the king
After being convicted of conspiracy with foreign powers and sentenced to death by the french national convention king Louis XVL is executed by Guillotine in the place De La Revolution in Paris... Louis was forced to accept the constitution of 1791, which reduced him to mere figurehead -
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Reign of Terror
Was to purge France of enemies of the revolution and protect the country from foreign invaders. -
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Napoleonic wars
They were wars fought during the rule of Napoleon Bonaparte over France after the French revolution ended and he became powerful in France. War between the United Kingdom and France -
Haitian Revolution
A successful anti-slavery and anti-colonial insurrection by self-liberated slaves against French colonial rule in Saint Domingue, now the sovereign nation of Hati -
Coronation of Napoleon I
It crowned Napoleon as emperor of the French it marked the "Instantiation of modern empire' and was a 'transparently masterminded piece of modern propaganda" -
Battle of Waterloo
This battle marked the final defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte, who conquered much of Europe in the early 19th century. He seized control of the French government and he expanded his empire across western and central europe. So the battle of Waterloo in which Napoleons forces were defeated by the British and Prussians, marked the end of his reign and of France's domination in Europe -
Mexico Gains Independence
In the 19th century Napoleon occupation of Spain led to a outbreak of revolts all across Spain america. In september Miguel Hidalgo Y Costilla, a catholic priest, launched the Mexican war of Independence with the issuing of his Grito De Dolores, or "cry of Delores". -
Execution of Robespierre
He is overthrown and arrested by the national convention as the leading memeber of the committee of public safety from 1793 Robespierre encouraged the execution mostly by Guillotine, of more than 17,000 enemies of the revolution
