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The French National Assembly granted blacks full french rights in Saint Domingue
Slaves in Martinique revolted. The Declaration of Man and Citizen was adopted by the National Assembly. -
Meeting of the Estates General
It lets people say what needs to be done. The last meeting (1789) was to face financial crisis, widespread agitation, and the weakening power of the king. It was the order of the realm which allowed the clergy and nobility to be privileged minorities. The first assembly met at Notre- Dame in Paris on April 10, 1302. -
Gens De Colour Demand Equal Rights from France
Gens wanted same rights as the whites. Some of the Gens went off and started their own societies. -
Storming of Bastille
King Louis xvi was overthrown and tens of thousands were executed. -
Declarartion of Rights of men adn citizen
ignorance, neglect, or contempt od the rights of man are the sole cause of public misfortunes -
March of Versailles
an angry mob of nearly 7,000 working women marched to Paris tot Versailles rage was on Marie Antoinette for gender equality. -
Beheading of King Louis xvi
Convicted of conspiracy with foreign power and sentenced to death by the French National Convention and was later executed by the guillotine. -
Reugn of Terror
Take harsh measures against those suspected being enemies of revolution. -
The Colony "Saint Domingue" is abolished
November 9, 1803 a preliminary declaration of the independence was published, therefore Toussaint Louverture was no more -
Frnch Forces Admit to the Slave Armies and Evacuste their Forces
French lost to the slaves. Thousands of people were in the colony before then, -
Napoleon is Emperor
A constitutional amendment made Napoleon the first consul for life, he then later crowned himself emperor of France