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May 5, 1789 meeting with the Estates-General
King Louis XVI, Gouverneur Morris, Barentin, and Necker attended the meeting. This meeting was held to address France's financial crisis and political instability. The meeting was held in the Menus-Plaisirs building in Versailles. -
Tennis Court Oath
Who: 576 of the 577 members from the Third Estate
Where: The Royal Tennis Court in Versailles, France
Why: The National Assembly swore not to stop meeting until France had a constitution -
Storming of the Bastille
Who: mostly craftsmen and store owners
Where: Bastille, Paris
Why: The people were starved due to lack of food from low harvests, and were upset with their lives and their King and Government -
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Declaration of the Rights of Man
Written by Marquis de Lafayette and Thomas Jefferson. It was written to establish and codify the basic natural rights of citizens during the French Revolution. It was written in Paris, France. -
Women's March on Versailles
Who: Women in the marketplaces of Paris
Where: Palace of Versailles
Why: The high price and scant availability of bread -
Execution of King Louis XVI
Who: Executioner: Charles-Henri Sanson. Other than him, "a large crowd"
Where: Place de la Révolution in Paris
Why: He was found guilty of treason -
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Reign of Terror
Maximilien Robespierre and Louis Antoine de Saint-Juste were the important leaders. Caused by a pervasive fear of counter-revolutionary forces within France. It occurred in France. -
Maximilien Robespierre's execution
Who: Robespierre and his supporters, other officials, and the crowd.
Where: Place de la Révolution
Why: he was unable to kill his rivals faster than they could unite against him -
Napoleonic Code is established
Napoleon Bonaparte and Jean-Jacques-Régis de Cambacérès helped establish the code. Made to modernize France's legal system and reflect the principles of the French Revolution. Established in France. -
Napoleon Crowns himself emperor
Who: Pope Pious VII
Where: Notre-Dame cathedral in Paris
Why: to gain prestige in international royalist and Catholic circles and to lay the foundation for a future dynasty -
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Peninsular War
The British Army fought against Napoleon's France. This happened because Napoleon Bonaparte, the French Emperor, invaded and occupied Spain. Fought in the Iberian Peninsula. -
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Napoleon and his men march on Russia
Who: Napoleon and his army, Russian armies, Mikhail Kutuzov, Marshal Bessieres, Marshal Mortier, General Rapp, Viscount Castlereagh, and Metternich
Where: Nieman River
Why: to control Europe, gain support, and to end the war quickly -
Napoleon is exiled to Elba
Russia, Prussia, Austria, and Great Britain part of the coalition of nations exiled him. They did it because of his disastrous invasion of Russia, which significantly weakened his forces, a large European alliance formed against him, leading to his defeat and subsequent abdication. He was in France when he was exiled and he was exiled from France. -
Napoleon dies
Who: Servants, the companions, their wives and children, the doctors, British officers or priest
Where: Longwood on the island of St Helena
Why: a stomach ulcer; gastric carcinoma