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France in Debt
picture linkKing Louis XVI tries to tax the second Estate but the nobles refuse to pay. -
Rough winter
King Louis XVI calls for the Estates General to meet the following spring after a rough winter. -
Declaration
National Assemnly adopts the Declaration of the Rights of Man of the Citizen. -
Revolution
The French Revolution begins. -
Bastille
The storming of Bastille -
Estates General
First time the Estates General meets in approximately 175 years. -
National assembly
The Third Estate proclaims themselves the Mational Assembly; National Assembly swears the Tennis Court Oath. -
fleeing
King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette flee Paris in disguises, but are caught -
warning
Austria and Prussia issue a declaration warning against harming the French monarchs and hint that any such action would provoke war -
Mob
Mob storms the Tuileries Palace and throws Marie antoinette and her children in prison. -
republic
National Con ventoin declares that France will be a repunlic and not a constitutional monarchy -
Beheading
pictureKing Louis XVI executed by guillitine -
The reign of terror
The Riegn of Terror is unleashed by the Committee of Public Safety; led bu Maximilien Robespierre. -
another beheading
Robespierre and his supporters are executed;The Reign of Terror Ends. -
Napolean Royalists
Napolean faced off against a mob of royalists trying to regain power in Paris. -
New constituton
pictureNational Convention writes a more restrictive constituton; only male property owners can vote -
revolution ends
The French Revolution ends -
French government
Napolean takes control of the French Government -
North America Territory
Napoleon sells the Louisiana Territory in North America to the Unitied States -
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Independence
Saint Domingue declares independence from France, names their new nation Haiti -
Invasion
pictureNapoleaon invades Spain and Portugal; the king of Spain goes to prison and the king of Portugul flees to Brazil -
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Russia again
Napoleon attemts to invade and takeover Russia -
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surrender
Allies enter Paris in triumph and force Napolean to surrender and is exiled to Elba. -