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French Revoulution and Napolean
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France in debt
picture of debt
Fance is in debt, King Louis XVI tries to tax the second estate but the nobles refuse to pay. Queen Marie Antionite also spent alot of the money on fancy clothes and jewelry. Also she had many parties. They also paidthe American Revoultion which put them even more in debt. -
A call for Estates Genereal meeting
Picture of the Estates General meetingKing Louis XVI call for the estates general to meet the following spring after a rough winter. -
Third Estates becomes; NAtional Assembly
picture of tennis court oathThe third Estate proclaims themselves the NAtional Assembly; NAtional assembly swears the tennis court oath. -
First general Estates meeting
picture of the first meetingFirst time the Estates General meets in approximately 175 years -
King Louis XVI and Queen Marie Flee Paris
picture of them trying to leaveKing Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette flee paris in disguises, but are caought -
Austria and Prussia issue a declaration
picture of the warAustria and Prussia issue a declaration warning against harming the French monarchs and hint that any such action would provoke war -
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Robespierre is executed
him and his supporters are executedRobespierre and his supporters are executed -
Reign of terror ends
The Reign or Terror ends -
Napolean faced against royalists
Napolean faced off against a mob of royalists trying to regain power in Paris -
National Convention writes constitution
National Convention writes a more restrictive constitution; only male property owners could vote -
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Napolean sells Louissiana Territory
picture of the purchaseNapolean sells the Louisiana Territory in North America to the Untied States -
Napolean becomes emperor
crowned empororNapolean crowns himself emperor of France after a plebiscite -
Saint Domingue decalres independence
Saint Domingue (Hispanola) decalres independence from France, names their new nation Haiti -
Napoleon invades spain and Portugal
The king of Spain goes to prision and the king of Portugal flees to Brazil -
Napolean attempts to invade and take over Russia
Napoleon attempts to invade and take over Russia, is forced to leave Moscow -
Napoleon attempts to invade
Napoleon attempts to invade and takeover Russia -
Napoleon defeated
Napoleon defeated in Leipzig -
France recognizes Louis XVII
France recognizes Louis XVII, brother of executed Louis XVI. Napoleon manages to come back to France, Louis XVIII flees to Belgium in fear. Napoleon arrives in Paris on March 20 to cheering crowds, and the Hundred days begin -
Allies enter paris
Allies enter Paris in triumph and force Napoleon to surrender and is exiled to Elba. Which is a little island on the South Atlantic. They give him little pension money for this and he uses that money to get a ship back to France. -
Allied forces defeat Napoleon
Allied forces defeat Napoleon at the battle of Waterloo -
Napoleon exiles
NApoleon exiles to Saint Helena in the south Atlantic -
Napoleon dies
Napoleon dies in exile
