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The American Revolution
The American Patriots in the Thirteen Colonies defeated the British in the American Revolutionary War with the assistance of France. Winning independence from Great Britain and establishing the United States of America. -
Louis XVI is crowned king
He became the king upon of his death grandfather. Supposedly he was the last king of France. -
The Declaration of Independence
The 13 American colonies severed their political connections to Great Britain. The Declaration summarized the colonists' motivations for seeking independence. -
early career
The military career of Napoleon Bonaparte spanned over 20 years. As emperor, he led the French Armies in the Napoleonic Wars. -
early career
He is widely regarded as a military genius and one of the finest commanders in world history. He fought more than 70 battles, losing only eight, mostly at the end. -
late life
He was the second of eight surviving children born to Carlo Buonaparte, a lawyer, and Letizia Romalino Buonaparte. Although his parents were members of the minor Corsican nobility, the family was not wealthy. -
Tennis Court Oath
It was not to separate and to reassemble wherever circumstances require, until the constitution of the kingdom is established. They were members of the French Third Estate. -
Storming of the Bastille
This violent attack on the government by the people of France signaled the start of the French Revolution. The Bastille was a fortress built in the late 1300s to protect Paris during the Hundred Years' War. -
Bastille is Stormed
The main reason why the rebel Parisians stormed the Bastille was not to free any prisoners but to get ammunition and arms. At the time, over 30,000 pounds of gunpowder was stored at the Bastille. But to them, it was also a symbol of the monarchy's tyranny. -
Women’s March on Versailles
It was one of the earliest and most significant events of the French Revolution. A crowd of women demanding bread for their families gathered other discontented Parisians, including some men, and marched toward Versailles, arriving soaking wet from the rain. -
Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen
It is a human civil rights document from the French Revolution. The Declaration was drafted by the Abbé Sieyès and the Marquis de Lafayette, in consultation with Thomas Jefferson. -
Formation of the National Convention
The National Convention was the first government of the French Revolution, following the two-year National Constituent Assembly. It was the first French government organized as a republic, abandoning the monarchy altogether. -
Execution of Danton
Legendre attempted to defend Danton in the Convention but was silenced by Robespierre. Danton went to the guillotine, which he had vowed to either pull down or die beneath. -
Execution of Robespierre
Many of the revolutionary leaders had had enough of the Terror. They turned on Robespierre and had him arrested. He was executed, along with many of his supporters, by the guillotine. -
Napoleon's time as emperor
emperor who conquered much of Europe in the early 19th century. After seizing political power in France in a 1799 coup d'état, he crowned himself emperor in 1804. -
Napoleon's time as emperor
He was Emperor of the French as Napoleon I from 1804 until 1814 and again briefly in 1815 during the Hundred Days. Today Napoleon is widely considered one of the greatest military generals in history -
Death of Napoleon
Napoleon was exiled to the remote, British-held island of Saint Helena, in the South Atlantic Ocean. He died there on May 5, 1821, at age 51, most likely from stomach cancer.
