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Age of Montesqueiu
Constitutional Monarchy -
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National Assembly
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Storming of the Bastille
A French Militia of 114 (a predecessor of the National Guard), stormed the fortress and prison Bastille, which reperesented the misuse of power by the French Government -
Creation of the August Decrees
-Written by the Third Estate in respone to current disparity
-In 19 parts, including the Declaration of the Rights of Men. -
Women's March on Versailles
Hoards of Third Estate women marched on the Palace of Versaille, an example of governmental excess, and forced the royal family back to Paris -
First National Assembly
-Called to deal with financial crisis in France
-Featured elected officials from each estate -
Civil Constitution of the Clergy passed
-Turned remaining clergy members into state employees
-Never adopted by Pope Pius -
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Legislative Assembly
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Declaration of Pillnitz
-Declared allegiance of France and Holy Roman Empire
-Declared support for Louis XVI -
French Constitution
-Louis XVI accepts the Constitution of France officially
-Established popular sovereignty -
Obligation-National Guard
-Every male over age 18 had legal obligation to join National Guard -
Guillotine
-Guillotine adopted as official means of excecution -
Brunswick Manifesto Issued
-Threatened that should the Royal Family be harmed, the civilians would be harmed
-Inspired even more animosity -
10 August
-Fédéré militias besiege the Tuileries Palace
-Ending (temporarily) the Bourbon Monarchy -
Louis XVI Arrested
-Exiled to Temple, an ancient fortress turned prison
-Stripped of title and honors -
Battle of Verdun
-Battle between French Revolutionaries and Prussians
-Eventually falls to Prussian forces -
September Massacres
-A wave of mob violence in Paris
-Killed roughly 1,200 trapped prisoners -
Execution of Louis XVI
-Killed by revolutionaries
-At Place de la Révolution -
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The Age of Rousseau
The Republic -
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National Convention
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Reign of Terror
A series of excecutions aimed at "enemies of the revolution" -
Law of Suspects Passed
-In response to the Reign of Terror
-Ordered the Arrests of all enemies to the revolution -
Excecution of Marie Antoinette
-Also in Place de la Révolution
-Exceuted hairless and in plain white garments, the same day of her sentencing -
Trial of Girondists
-Trial of 21, who though opposed to the monarchy, were also against the revolutionaries.
-Resulted in the excecution of all on the 31st -
Execution of Louis Phillipe II, Duke of Orleans
-Tried, sentenced and executed in the span of a day
-Buried in a mass grave at Madeleine Cemetery -
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The Directory
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13 Vendémiare
-Battle in the Streets of Paris
-Launching point for the carreer of General Napoleon Bonaparte
-Republican Victory -
Battle of Lodi
-Battle against Austrian forces in Italy
-Led by Napoleon
-French Victory -
Coup d'etat of 18 Fructidor
-Seizure of power by members of French Directory
-Supported by directors Barras, Rewbell and La Révellière-Lépeaux -
Battle of the Pyramids
-Battle near Cairo, Ottoman Egypt
-Fought betwen France and the Ottoman Empire (with alleid Mamluks)
-French Army under command of Napoleon Bonaparte, resulting in French Victory -
18 Brumaire
-A Coup d'etat in Saint-Cloud, overthrowing the Directory
-Replaced by Napoleon with the French Consulate -
Napoleon Elected First Consul
-Napoleon elected first consul of the French Consulate
-Head of State -
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Consulate
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Age of Voltaire
Napoleon's Empire -
Battle of Marengo
-Battle in Italy between France and Austria
-Napoleon defeats Austria, gaining Austrian concessions -
Machine Infernal- rue Saint-Nicaise
-Assasination attempt on Napoleon
-a Royalist movement to remove the Consul from power -
Condorant of 1801
-Agreement between Napoleon and Pope Pius VII
-Solidfied the Catholic Church as the Religious Majority in FRance, and reinstated much of its power -
Treaty of Amiens
-Treaty between French Republic and the UK
-Temporarily ended hostility during the French Revolutionary Wars -
New Constitution
-New French consititution is adopted
-Plebiscite named Napoleon First Consul for life -
Civil Code Introduced
-Napoleon introduces a new code of civic conduct
-Forbade privileges granted by birth, granted freedom of religion, and stated that government jobs should be granted to those most qualified -
Napoleon: Emperor
-Napoleon names himself Emperor, creating the position -
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Battle of Trafalgar
-Naval Battle between the UK and France (accpompanied by allied Span)
-Decisive British Victory -
Joseph: King of Naples
-Napoleon names brother Joseph Bonarparte the King of Naples
-Continues to appoint family to other positions -
Holy Roman Empire Abolished
-Dissolved after a military defeat against Napoleon
-Began the foundations of the German Empire, as well as the eventual demise of the Hapsburg Empire -
Berlin Decree
-Issued by Napoleon following the French success against Prussia
-Forbade import of British goods to France -
Continental System Initiated
-Foreign policy of Napoleanic France
-More or less a large scale embargo of British and Irish goods imposed on much of Europe under Napoleon -
Seige of Danzig
-Napoleon besieges Danzig, then Prussian, during the War of the Fourth Coalition
-Danzig provided France with an important strategic position -
Battle of Friedland
-Battle in the War of the Fourth Coalition, located in Prussia, against Russia
-Decisive French victory, ending the Fourth Coalition and Franco-Russian hostility -
Treaty of Tilsit
-Response to French Vitory at Friedland
-Treaties with Russian Tsar Alexander and Prussia
-Formalized the cleint states Kingdom of Wesphalia, Duchy of Warsaw and the Free City of Danzig -
Imperial Univeristy Founded
-Founded by Napoleon in 1808 as an institution of higher education
-Highly centralized and controlled education system -
Treaty of Schönbrunn
-Treaty between France and Austria, signed in Vienna
-Ended the Fifth Coalition during the Napoleanic Wars -
Battle of Borodino
-Battle on hometurf of Russia against France, Italy and the Duchy of Warsaw
-Napoleon captures Moscow, and retreats from Russian Territory -
Armistice of Pläswitz
-Seven week Armistice between Napoleon and the Allies
-Used to buy time between campaigns, and cement the Treaty of Richenbach -
Treaty of Fontainebleau
-Treaty during War of the Sixth Coalition between France, Austrian Empire, Prussia and Russia
-Stripped Napoleon of his powe as French Emperor
-Napoleon exiled to Elba -
Six Days Campaign
-A six day series of victories against the Sixth Coalition: Russia and Prussia
-Ended in a tactical victory for Napoleon, and secured Paris -
Napoleon Escapes
-Napoleeon escapes Elba, his place of exile
-Begins to return to Paris -
Battle of Waterloo
-Battle in Waterloo, Netherlands of France against the entire Seventh Coalition consistent of the UK, Netherlands, Hanover, Nassau, Brunswick and Prussia.
-Resulted in the ultimate defeat of Napoleanic France -
Restoration of Louis XVIII
-Reinstated the Bourbon Monarchy after fall of Napoleon
-Restored by the entirety of the Seventh Coalition -
Final Exile of Napoleon
-Napoleon exiled for the final time
- Exiled to Saint Helena, a tiny British island in the South Atlantic
