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National Assembly adopts Declaration of the Rights of Man
The begining of a new United States of America and the begining of the French Revoltuion Compared with the American Revoution, the French Revolution was more complex, more radical and far more violent. -
Bad harvests lead to food shortages
s in many other revolutions, food shortages, high prices and hunger and harvest failures formed a volatile social backdrop to the French Revolution. The French people were no stranger to hunger, however. The labour intensive, semi-medieval methods used by most peasant-farmers meant inefficient production; and it also rendered them susceptible to variations such as pestilence and the weather. The majority of people were generally able to cope with this; in times of poor production and low grain. -
National Assembly completes new constitution
This new constituion set up a limited monarchy. According to this new constituion there would still be a king but a Legislative Assembly would then make the laws from therefor. -
National Convention splits into factions
In Septemeber 1792,the newely elected National Convention began its sessions .Although it had been called to draft a new constitution , it also acted as the sovereign ruling body of France. -
King Louis XVI is executed
In 1788, Louis was forced to reinstate France's National Assembly (the Estates-General) which quickly curtailed the king's powers. In July of the following year, the mobs of Paris stormed the hated prison at the Bastille. Feeling that power was shifting to their side, the mob forced the imprisonment of Louis and his family. Louis attempted escape in 1791 but was captured and returned to Paris. -
Reign of Terror
Many desputes in the National Convention who feared Robespierre decided to act. They gathered enough votes to condemn him. -
New Constitution Is Created
The 750 members of the two legislative bodies were chosen by the electors (individulals qualified to vote in an election ) -
Napolean takes a part in coup d'etat
Napolean rose quickly through the ranks of the French army. In 1792, he became a captain, Two years, at the age of only 14, he was made a brigader general by the committee of public safety. -
Napolean is crowned emperor
Napolean was crowned emperor. The people liked the way he did things and he ruled -
French are defeated at Trafalgar.
The french loose. -
Napolean is defeated at Waltero
The Battle of Waterloo was fought on Sunday, 18 June 1815, near Waterloo in present-day Belgium, then part of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands. A French army under the command of Napoleon was defeated by the armies of the Seventh Coalition, comprising an Anglo-allied army under the command of the Duke of Wellington combined with a Prussian army under the command of Gebhard von Blücher.
