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Tennis Court Oath
After the Thirf Estate decided to leave Esatates General, they created a new National Assembly.
The National Assembly gathered outside halls on royal tennis courts. -
Women march on Versailles
Women rioted over the high price of bread. They broke into the palace and demanded bread from the King and Queen.
As a result, the women demanded the King and Queen come to Paris, and they became prisoners of people. -
The Great Fear
Peasants were terrorized after nobles hired outlaws for security. This started the Great Fear where peasants started to attack nobles. -
Fall of Bastille
After the King hired Swiss guards to protect Paris, the citizens began to fear the King and gather weapons to fight back. Citizens collected gunpowder from the prison Bastille. -
The Declaration of the Rights of Man
Adopted by the National Assembly- "men are born and remain free and equal in rights"
"preserve natural rights...life, liberty, propery, security"
"Liberty, Equality, and Faternity" for all men (women were not included) -
The Royal Escape
Because they were in danger, Louis XVI and his family tried to escape but were sent back to Paris under Guard. -
Civil Constitution of the Clergy
The National Assemby declared the Church should be run by the State. Also, it sold off church lands to pay France's large debt. -
Constitution of 1791
This constitution adopted the Declaration of the Rights of Man and created a French constitutional monarchy -
Declaration of Pilnitz
Austria and Prussia vowed to the rights of monarchy after the Legislative Assembly declared war against them. -
Creation of National Convention
Due to the fear of radicalism, the Legislative Assembly gave up on the idea of limited government and created a new governing body, the National Convention. -
Reign of Terror Begins
After the execution of the king, Jacobins set out to remove every trace of French Monarchy and nobility. -
Execution of a Monarch
The Jacobins voted to convict and sentence to death for treason Louis XVI. -
Death of Robespierre and the End of The Terror
Members of the National Convention became afraid of Robespierre. They wanted to protect themselves and put an end on the Terror. Robespierre was arrested and guillotined. -
The Directory
After the execution of Robespierre, Moderates created a bicameral legislature and a 5 person executive. The Directory controlled food prices and placed Napolean Bonaparte at the head of the French Army. -
Constitution of 1795
The National Convention ratified this constitution and established the Directory. -
Napolean becomes Consultant
Napolean had established himself as the head of the government of France. Napolean overthrew the Directory when he become the Consultant. -
Concordat of 1801
Agreement between Napoleon Bonaparte and Pope Pius VII that reestablished the Roman Catholic Church in France. -
Coronation of an Emperor
Napolean was crowned Emperor of the French in 1804. -
Battle of Austerlitz
The French Empire significantly defeated the Third Coalition. This was one of Napolean's greatest victories. -
Battle of Trafalgar
A sea battle fought between the British Royal Navy and the combined fleets of the French and Spanish Navies. -
Invasion of Spain
During the Peninsula War, France turned on its alley, Spain. -
Invasion of Russia
The French invasion of Russia in 1812 was a fail for Napolean. This invasion was an attempt to force Tsar Alexander I to submit to the terms of a treaty that Napoleon had imposed. -
Exile to Elba
Napoleon was banished by the Allied governments and spent ten months on the island of Elba under the Treaty of Fontainebleau. -
"A Hundred Days"
A period between Emperor Napoleon's return from exile on Elba to Paris on 20 March 1815 and the second restoration of King Louis XVIII on 8 July 1815. -
Battle of Waterloo
Napolean and the forces of the French Empire were defeated by the Seventh Coalition and the Prussian Army. This defeat put an end to Napoleon's rule as Emperor of France. -
Congress of Vienna
The four European powers met to settle the many issues arising from the French Revolutionary Wars. They wanted to settle future boundaries, a balance of power in order to prevent imperialism and much more.
