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May 5, 1789 meeting with the Estates-General
They were immediately divided over a fundamental issue: should they vote by head, giving the advantage to the Third Estate, or by estate, in which case the two privileged orders of the realm might outvote the third? -
May 5, 1789 meeting with the Estates-General
The Estates-General had a meeting at Versailles, they were divided over a way of voting, if they should vote by head, giving the advantage to the Third Estate, or by the estate, in which case the two privileged orders of the realm might outvote the third? -
Tennis Court Oath
The national would not stop meeting until France had a constitution. -
Storming of the Bastille
People ran into the fortress, liberated all 7 prisoners, stole the gunpowder, and disarmed troops. -
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Declaration of the Rights of Man
Men are born free and remain free and equal in rights. Social status is based publicly. These rights are liberty, property, security and resistance to oppression. -
Women's March on Versailles
Women from marketplaces led the March on Versailles. -
Execution of King Louis XVI
King Louis was guillotined on January 21, 1793 -
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Reign of Terror
A period in the French Revolution, a number of massacres, and public executions took place. -
Maximillian Robespierre's execution
He was executed by the guillotine, putting more moderate policies being implemented during the subsequent Thermidorian Reaction. -
Napoleonic Code is established
The code established the supremacy of a husband over his wife and children. -
Napoleon Crowns himself emperor
Napoleon took the crown from Pope Pius VII and crowned himself showing defiance to the authority of the Pontiff. -
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Peninsular War
A war in the Iberian Peninsula against the intruding forces of Napoleon's France -
Napoleon and his men march on Russia
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
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
Napoleon died of stomach cancer, exacerbated by bleeding gastric blisters.