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Absolutism and the French Revolution
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Rousseau & the Social Contract
In The Social Contract 1762 Rousseau argues that laws are binding only when they are supported by the general will of the people. -
Napoleon's early life
Napoleon's Education and Early Military Career. Napoleon Bonaparte was born on August 15, 1769, in Ajaccio, on the Mediterranean island of Corsica. He was the second of eight surviving children born to Carlo Buonaparte -
King Louis Marries Marie
King Louis the XVI married Marie Antoinette. They married when they were 15 years old. It was an union between France and Austria. -
the Constitution
We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America. -
Tennis Court Oath
On 20 June 1789, the members of the French Third Estate, who had begun to call themselves the National Assembly, took the Tennis Court Oath (French: Serment du Jeu de Paume), vowing "not to separate, and to reassemble wherever circumstances require, until the constitution of the kingdom is established". -
bastille significance
Traditionally, this fortress was used by French kings to imprison subjects that didn't agree with them politically, making the Bastille a representation of the oppressive nature of the monarchy. -
Bastille is Stormed
The Storming of the Bastille occurred in Paris, France, on the afternoon of 14 July 1789. The medieval fortress, armory, and political prison in Paris known as the Bastille represented royal authority in the centre of Paris. -
Women’s March on Versailles
The Women's March on Versailles, also known as The October March, The October Days, or simply The March on Versailles, was one of the earliest and most significant events of the French Revolution -
King Louis moved the capital of France from Paris to Versailles
was a significant episode in the French Revolution in which King Louis XVI of France, his queen Marie Antoinette, and their immediate family unsuccessfully attempted to escape from Paris in order to initiate a counter-revolution -
The Reign of Terror
The Reign of Terror began on September 5, 1793 with a declaration by Robespierre that Terror would be "the order of the day." It ended on July 27, 1794 when Robespierre was removed from power and executed. The Committee of Public Safety.8 -
Committee of Public Safety
Committee of Public Safety, French Comité De Salut Public, political body of the French Revolution that gained virtual dictatorial control over France during the Reign of Terror -
napoleon
Napoleon Bonaparte was an important French military leader who created an empire that stretched across almost all of Europe in the early 1800s. -
Napoleon Bonaparte
Napoléon Bonaparte was a French statesman and military leader who rose to prominence during the French Revolution and led several successful campaigns during the French Revolutionary Wars. -
Defeat in Russian Campaign
in France as the Russian Campaign (French: Campagne de Russie), began on 24 June 1812 when Napoleon's -
Napoleon as Emperor
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napoleon death
was a French statesman and military leader who rose to prominence during the French Revolution and led several successful campaigns during the French Revolutionary Wars. He was Emperor of the French from 1804 until 1814 and again briefly in 1815 during the Hundred Days
