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French Rev.
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Convening the Estates General
Louis XIV called the Estates General for the first time in 175 years, he proposed to tax the nobility. The third estate formed the national assembly. -
Tennis Court Oath
the third estate said they wouldnt leave until they got a new constitution -
Storming of the Bastille
a mob marched to the Bastille, searching for gun powder and prisoners that had been taken by King, Louis XVI. -
The Great fear
Rumors circulated through the villages from town to town that the nobles were paying men to terrorize the peasants. They broke into noble’s homes and destroyed legal documents that bound them to pay feudal dues or even burned down the homes. -
The Declaration of the Rights of Man
the Declaration of the Rights of Man, said “men are born and remain free and equal in rights.” -
The women's March on Versailles
women had rioted over the price of bread and marched to Versailles and demanded that Louis and Marie return to Paris.
- Louis and Marie never again saw Versailles. -
Louis and Marie’s flight to Varennes
King Louis XVI of France, his wife Marie Antoinette, and their immediate family attempted to escape from Paris in order to initiate a counter-revolution. -
The constitution of 1791
the second written constitution of France -
Brunswick manifesto
The Brunswick Manifesto threatened that if the French royal family were harmed, then French civilians would be harmed. It was a measure intended to intimidate Paris, -
Reign of Terror
Robespierre lead the Committee of Public Safety in 1793 and ruled France for the next year as a dictator, this time came to known as the Reign of Terror. 5 September 1793 -
National convention
abolished the monarchy and declared France a republic where every male citizen could vote, -
Directory
two house legislature and an executive body of five men who ran the country. -
Napoleon Bonaparte takes over
He threw the directory out and took over. -
Concordat of 1801
Napolean made a deal with Pope Pius that made the catholic church and majority Church in France, and said that they said theyw would stay out. -
Louisiana Purchase
The U.S bought a bunch of land from the french -
Napoleaniic Code
THe gave post revolutionary France its first Coherent set of laws. -
Napolean becomes emperor
He is the emperor of france. -
Battle of Trafalgar
sea battle fought between the British Royal Navy and the combined fleets of the French Navy and Spanish Navy, -
Continental system
the foreign policy of Napoleonin durring thr struggle against the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland during the Napoleonic Wars -
Peninsular War
a war between France and the allied powers of Spain, the United Kingdom, and Portugal for control of the Iberian Peninsula -
French invasion of Russia
France invaded Russia. THey failed. Napoleans biggest mistake. -
The exile to Elba
Napolean gets kicked out of france and is exiled to elba -
Battle of Waterloo
forces of the French Empire under the leadership of Michael Ney and Napoleon Bonaparte were defeated by the Seventh Coalition and a Prussian military -
exiled to Saint Helena
they sent Napoleon to St. Helena, where he died six years later. October 15, 1815.