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Meeting with the Estates-General
King Louis XVI talked to the people about the political instability and dissonance. -
Tennis Court Oath
An oath taken by members of the French Third Estate in a tennis court with the vow "not to separate and to reassemble wherever necessary until the Constitution of the kingdom is established." -
Storming of the Bastille
An event where revolutionary insurgents stormed the prison called Bastille and killed 94 people and the garrison because the prison was represented as royal authority. -
Declaration of the Rights of Man
A document set by France's National Constituent Assembly that served as a list of human rights. -
Women's March on Versailles
Women in the marketplaces rioted over the high price of bread before storming the castle and bringing their demands to King Louis XVI. -
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Reign of Terror
A time period when people were getting executed all the time. There was a body count of between 35,000-40,000. -
Execution of King Louis XVI
King Louis was put on trial, and was voted guilty by majority vote (unanimously) so he was beheaded. -
Maximillian Robespierre's execution
Maximillian Robespierre's was executed via guillotine at the Place de la Révolution. -
Napoleonic Code is established
French civil code that still exists with revisions. -
Napoleon Crowns himself emperor
Napoleon snatched the crown away from the hands of Pope Pius VII and crowned himself. -
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Peninsular War
Military conflict that happened by Spain and was basically the Spanish War of Independence.