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Treaty of Paris
The Treaty of Paris of 1783 was negotiated between the U.S. and Great Britain. This treaty ended the revolutionary war and identified american independence. The five member commission of this treaty consisted of John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, John Jay, Henry Laurens, and Thomas Jefferson. -
March on Versailles
An angry mob of 7,000 women, wielding pitchforks and muskets, marched in the rain from Paris to Versailles. The the beat of a drum, the women chanted "Bread! Bread!" because the populace of Paris was starving and Louis XVI had all the food that he needed for feasts, large gatherings, and etc. The Women’s March brought to an end the great monarchy of Versailles. But, of even greater significance, it forever transformed the role of women and what political gains they could expect. -
Call of the Estate General
The Estate General was the legislature of France up until their revolution. The king would call a meeting of the Estate General when he wanted advice on certain issues and structural conflicts. However, the Estate General did not meet on a methodical basis and it also did have have any major power. -
Tennis Court Oath
Deputies of the third estate met in the Jeu de Paume, an indoor tennis court, in Versailles, France in order to defy against King Louis XVI's order to disperse. The deputies took an oath not to disband until a new french constitution was developed and adopted. When the third estate declared itself the National Assembly, Louis legalized the National Assembly under the third estate but then surrounded Versailles with troops. In response, the french revolution shortly began. -
Storming of the Bastille
The Storming of the Bastille took place in Paris, France. This violent attack on the government by the people signaled the start of the french revolution. The Bastille was a fortress that protected France during the hundred years war. The third estate attacked the Bastille because they recently had made demands about the commoners having more say in the government and those demands were not fulfilled. -
Execution of Louis XVI
King Louis XVI was convicted of a conspiracy involving foreign powers. He was sentenced to death by guillotine, which was a machine with a heavy blade sliding vertically in grooves and it was used for beheading people. There was evidence of Loui´s counterrevolutionary intrigues with foreign nations, and was put on trial for treason. -
Execution of the King
King Louis XVI was convicted of a conspiracy having to do with foreign powers. He was sentenced to death by guillotine, which as a powerful blade that dropped vertically onto a groove where the person would put their head. Evidence was shown that Louis had counterrevolutionary intrigues with other foreign nations. -
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Reign of Terror
The Reign of Terror started when king Louis XVI died. The Reign of Terror was a period of remorseless repression and and bloodshed during the french revolution. A chain of executions took place in Paris. The ¨terror¨ had an economic side embodied in the maximum, a price control measure demanded by the lower class levels of paris. -
Execution of Robespierre
Maximilien Robespierre was the architect of the french revolution's reign of terror. He was overthrown and arrested for starting this reign of terror. It was he that called for king Louis XVI's execution and gained many enemies. However, the people still came to him. The day after his arrest, Robespierre and 21 of his followers were sentenced to death by guillotine. -
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Napoleonic Wars
The Napoleonic wars were a series of conflicts fought between France, under the leadership of Napoleon Bonaparte, and multiple European nations. The wars concluded with the battle of Waterloo. The starting war of the Napoleonic wars was the war of Coalition. With a large number of his troops dying in battle, Napoleon decides to invade Russia in 1812. Napoleon defeated the Russians at the battle of Borodino but lost at the battle of Waterloo. -
Haitian Independence
Napoleon and his invading forces landed in Saint Domingue in 1802. After a long period of fighting and conflict Toussaint-Louverture, a former slave who took control of the rebels, began to cease fire. He retired to his plantation and was arrested and tortured until his death approached. Saint Domingue was renamed Haiti shortly after Toussaint's death. -
Coronation of Napoleon I
In a cathedral in Notre Dame, Napoleon Bonaparte was crowned Napoleon I. He was the first frenchman to hold the title of emperor within one thousand years. Napoleon waged war against various coalitions of European nations and he expanded his empire. He was defeated and exiled at the battle of waterloo. -
Battle of Waterloo
The battle of Waterloo took place in Belgium and it marked the final defeat of Napoleon, who conquered the majority of Europe. Through a series of wars, he expanded his empire across western and central Europe. The Battle of Waterloo, in which Napoleon’s forces were defeated by the British and Prussians, marked the end of his reign and of France’s domination in Europe.
