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Execution of King Louis XVI
Who - King Louis XVI
What - Louis was condemned to death and guillotined.
Why - he was found guilty of treason
Ultimately unwilling to cede his royal power to the Revolutionary government, Louis XVI was found guilty of treason and condemned to death. He was guillotined on January 21, 1793. -
May 5th 1789 meeting with estates general
Who - Estates General
What - A meeting in Versailles
Why - France had to address the country's political and financial problems
The Estates-General met on May 5, 1789 at the Menus-Plaisirs building in Versailles, France to address the country's political and financial instability. -
tennis court oath
Who - National assembly
What - They swore not to stop meeting
Why - a threat to the power of the monarch
In the Tennis Court Oath, the National Assembly swore not to stop meeting until France had a constitution. This commitment to imposing a constitution on France was a threat to the power of the monarch. -
storming of the bastille
Who revolutionary insurgents
What seize control of medieval armoury
Why to gain more power
The Storming of the Bastille occurred in Paris, France, on 14 July 1789, when revolutionary insurgents attempted to storm and seize control of the medieval armoury, fortress and political prison known as the Bastille. -
declaration of the rights of man
who national assembly of France signed it
what it is an expression of universal human rights
why served as a foundational document to go back on when people don't know their rights
Declaration of the Rights of Man is an expression of universal human rights—those rights that are true at all times and in all places—that served as one of the foundational documents of the French Revolution. -
women's march on versailles
who women in vesailles
what significant event in the paris revolution
why they forced the royals to return to paris
Concerned over the high price and scarcity of bread, women from the marketplaces of Paris led the March on Versailles on October 5, 1789. This became one of the most significant events of the French Revolution, eventually forcing the royals to return to Paris. -
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Reign of Terror
who the french
what more than 16000 people executed in france
why they allegedly opposed the revolution
Over four years after the start of the French Revolution, France descended into a period commonly known as the “Reign of Terror,” when over 16,000 people were executed for allegedly opposing the Revolution. -
Maximillian Robespierre's execution
who Robespierre and his followers
what they were arrested at a hotel
why nobody liked them and they cheered when they died.
On July 27, 1794, Robespierre and a number of his followers were arrested at the Hôtel de Ville in Paris. The next day Robespierre and 21 of his followers were taken to the Place de la Révolution, where they were executed by guillotine before a cheering crowd. -
Napoleonic Code is established
who napoleon
what french code civil
why clarified and made uniform the private law of France
Napoleonic Code, French Code Civil, French civil code enacted by Napoleon in 1804. It clarified and made uniform the private law of France and followed Roman law in being divided into three books: the law of persons, things, and modes of acquiring ownership of things. -
Napoleon Crowns himself emperor
who napoleon
what he crowns himself emperor
why rejection of the authority of the pontiff
On the 2nd of December 1804 Napoleon crowned himself Emperor Napoleon I at Notre Dame de Paris. According to legend, during the coronation he snatched the crown from the hands of Pope Pius VII and crowned himself, thus displaying his rejection of the authority of the Pontiff. -
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Peninsular War
who British army
what they fought war against napoleon
why to drive them out of their own country
Between 1808 and 1814, the British Army fought a war in the Iberian Peninsula against the invading forces of Napoleon's France. Aided by their Spanish and Portuguese allies, the British held off superior French numbers before winning a series of victories and driving them out. -
Napoleon and his men march on Russia
who napoleon
what his men march to Russia from present day poland
why to gain more power
On June 24, 1812, the Grande Armée, led by French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte, crossed the Neman River, invading Russia from present-day Poland. The result was a disaster for the French. The Russian army refused to engage with Napoleon's Grande Armée of more than 500,000 European troops. -
Napoleon is exiled to Elba
who napoleon
what he is exited to the island of elba
why to keep napoleon away and not let him take control
The coalition invaded France and captured Paris, forcing Napoleon to abdicate in April 1814. They exiled him to the Mediterranean island of Elba and restored the Bourbons to power. In February 1815, Napoleon escaped from Elba and again took control of France in what became known as the "Hundred Days". -
Napoleon dies
who napoleon
what napoleon dies on st helena
why he was exiled from france
Napoleon Bonaparte died on May 5, 1821 at the age of 51 on the island of St. Helena, where he was exiled from France. The circumstances of his death remain controversial, with many possible causes and explanations.