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Tennis Court Oath
Third Estate decided to leave Estate General and create National Assembly. National Assembly gathered outside in tennis courts and declared their pledge to draw a constitution. -
Fall of Bastille
Parisians attack the Batille, a Paris prison. Bastille fell to the citizens. It became the symbol of the beginning of the revolution. -
Great Fear
Peasants attacked noblity with pitchforks and torches, burned documents and houses. Nobles were the ones afraid. -
Declaration of the Rights of Man
Stated that
-all men are born and remain free and equal in rights
-perserved natural rights such as liberty, property, secruity and resistance to opression
-all men were equal before the law
-Freedom of speech and religion -
Women march on Versailles
The price of bread rosed dramatically that caused the 6,000 Parisians to march to Versailles demanding bread. They demand the King and Queen to come Paris and they agreed to go to Paris out of fear. -
Civil Constitution of Clergy
Bishops and priests became elected, salaried officials. Papal authority over the French Church ended. Covenants and monasteries were dissolved -
The Royal Escape
Louis and his family tried to escape to the Austtrian Netherlands dusguised as peasants but were recognized near the border. They were sent bach to Paris uder Guard and seen as traitors to the revolution. -
Declaration of Pilnitz
The king of Prussia and emperor of Austria issued the Declaration of Pilnitz which included that they would threaten if it is necessary to protect the French monarchy. -
Constitution of 1791
The Constitution of 1791 set up a limited monarchy in place of an absolute monarchy and ended Curch interference in government and ensured equality for all citizens -
Creation of National Convention
French radicals took control of the Assembly and called for the election of the National Convention, a new legislative body. It voted to abolish the monarchyand make France a republic. A new constitution was drew up for France. The people who controlled the Convention, Jacobins, want to erase all traces of the old order. -
Death of Louis XVI
He was put on trial as a traitor to France by the National Convention. He was convicted by ony one vote and sentenced to death. He was beheaded -
Reign of Terror begins
Jacobins want to remove every trace of French Monarchy and nobility. The victims were the monarchy, rival political figures, priests, peasants and even other revolutionaries who were "guilty of not being radical enough". 40,000 to 100,000 were killed throughout France. The killing machine was the guillotine. -
Death of Robespierre and End the Terror
Robespierre was guillotined. The death of Robespierre caused the end of the Reign of Terror. -
Creation of Directory
The Directory was created by the Constitution of 1795. The Directory was made up of five men. -
Constitution of 1795
The moderates produced another constitution, the third since 1789. It set up a five-man Directory and a two-house legislaive elected by male citizens with property. -
Napoleon becomes Consulate
He overthrew the Directory which was replaced by a three-member Consulate. He became First Consul. -
Concordat of 1801
The Concordat of 1801 was an agreement between Napoleon and the Catholic Church. It kept the Catholic Church under state control but recognized religious freedom for Catholics. -
Coronation of an Emperor
Napoleon invited the pope to preside over his coronation at Notre Dame catherdal in Paris. During the ceremony he took the crown from the pope's hands and placed it on his head. Napoleon uses this to show that he owed his throne to only himself. -
Battle of Trafalgar
Britain used its navy to stop Napoleon from invading England. The Battle of Trafalgar was fought off the southwest coast of Spain. However Britain won the battle. -
Battle of Austerliz
The Battle of Austerliz was one of Napoleon's greatest victories. -
Invasion of Spain
Napoleon replaced the Spanish king with his brother, Joseph Bonaparte but the Spanish people refused to accept him as their king. They revolt against this so he invaded the peninsula weith a huge army -
Invasion of Russia
The Russians burned crops and villages to avoid battles with Napoleon. This left the French hungry and cold as winter came. Napoleon had to retreat from Moscow becuase he could not supply and feed his army. Only about one-sixth of his army survived. It ended on December 14, 1812. -
Exile to Elba
Napoleon abdicated or steeped down from power. The alliance of Russia, Austria, Britain and Prussia exiled him to Elba, an island in the Mediterranean. -
Congress of Vienna
It was a conference of ambassadors of European states that reorganized Europe after the Napoleonic Wars. It ened in June 1815. -
"A Hundred Days"
This is Napoleon's last period of rule. Napoleon returned back into power when Louis XVIII fled.
It ended on July 8, 1815. -
Battle of Waterloo
Napoleon's and the allies' (Russia, Britain, Prussia and Austria) armies met near the town of Waterloo in Belgium. British forces and the Prussian army defeated the French. Once again Napoleon was forced to step down from power and exiled on St. Helena, an island in the South Atlantic.
