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the french revolution Frane in debt
France is in debt, King Louis VVI tries to tax the Second Estate but the nobles refuse to pay. -
Meeting of the Estate General
King Louis VXI calls for the Estates General to meet the following spring after a rough winter. -
French Revolution begins
The French Revolution begins -
Estate General meets
First time the Estates General meets in approximately 175 years. -
Tennis Court Oath
The Third Estate proclaims themselves the National Assembly; National Assembly swears the Tennis Court Oath -
The Storming of the Bastille
The Storming of the Bastille. When an angry mob of peasants storm the prison to get guns. the ripped it apart brick by brick -
Storming the Tuileries Palace
Mob storms the Tuileries Palace and Palace and throws Marie Anoinette and her children in prison -
Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette flee.
King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette flee Paris in disguises, but are caught. -
Austria and Prussia issue a declaration.
Austria and Prussia issue a declaration warning against harming the French monarchs and hint that any such action would provoke war. -
Storming of the Tuileries Palace
Mob storms the Tuileries Palace and throws Marie Antionette and her childron in prison. -
Mob storms the Tuileries Palace and throws Marie Antoinette and her children in prison
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National Convention declares france a rebulic
national Convention declares that France will be a republic and not a constitutional monarchy. -
King enecuted
King Louis XVI executed by guillotine -
Reign of Terrow is unleashed
The Reign of Terror is unleashed by the Committee of Public Safety; led by Maximilien Robespierre. -
The Reign of Terror Ends
Robespierre and his upporters and executed; The Reign of Terror Ends. -
napoleon faced mob of royalists
Napoleon faced off against a mob of royalists trying to regain power in Paris. -
National Convention writes new constitution
National Convention writes a more restrictive constitution; only male property owneres could vote. -
End of French Revolution
The French Revolution Ends -
Napoleon takes control
Napoleon takes control of the French governmant -
Napoleon sells Louisiana Territory
Napoleon sells the Louisiana Territory in North America to the United States. -
Napoleon crowns himself
Napoleon crowns himself emperor of France after a plebiscite. -
Saint domingue declares independence from France.
Saint domingue (Hispanola) declares independence from France, names their new nation Haiti -
napoleon invades spain and Portugal.
Napoleon invades Spain and Portugal; the king of Spain goes to prison and the king of Portugal flees to Brazil. -
Napoleon Defeated
Napoleon was defeated in Leipzig 1813 -
Allies Enter Paris in triumph
Allies enter Paris in triumph and force Napoleon to surrender and is exciled to Elba -
Napoleon exiled
Napoleon exciles to Saint Helena in the South Atlantic -
Congress of Vienna meets
Congress of Vienna meets to redraw the map of Europe -
Napoleon dies
Napoleon dies in excile -
France recognized Loui XVIII
France recognized Louis XVIII, 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.
