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Deism
is the belief that God exists, but chooses to let the universe proceed according to natural law. This being one of the idea it gave people hope and had them believing in something other then their government. It was good for them. It came back around during the french revolution. -
Napoleon Born
Napoleon Bonaparte was born on August 15, 1769, in Ajaccio, on the Mediterranean island of Corsica. He was the second of eight surviving children born to Carlo Buonaparte, a lawyer, and Letizia Romalino Buonaparte. Although his parents were members of the minor Corsican nobility, the family was not wealthy. -
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Napoleon Emperor
What happened while he was emperor and how he got exiled. He had a big part on the french revolution and would try to take over Egypt. -
The marriage between Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette
In 1756, after three centuries of animosity, France and Austria became allies. To consolidate this diplomatic reconciliation, Louis XV and Empress Maria Theresa decided to marry their respective children. The project came to fruition approximately 12 years later with the marriage of the Duke of Berry, Dauphin of France, aged 15, to Marie-Antoinette, Archduchess of Austria, aged 14. -
Rousseau and the Social Contract
ean-Jacques Rousseau was one of the most influential thinkers during the Enlightenment in eighteenth century Europe. These works caused great controversy in France and were immediately banned by Paris authorities. -
King Louis moved the capital of France from Paris to Versailles
The court of Versailles was the center of political power in France from 1682, when Louis XIV moved from Paris. Then the royal family was forced to return to the capital in October 1789 after the beginning of the French Revolution. -
The Deceleration of the Rights of Man
The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen, set by France's National Constituent Assembly in 1789. Is a human civil rights document from the French Revolution. -
The Rise of the Third Estate
In 1789, the first, second, and third estates of France were called to a national assembly by King Louis XVI for the first time since 1614. They had originally convened in order to demand that their right to have equal representation in the French government be recognized. -
Bread Riots
During the winter and spring of 1789, bread riots were especially common. In fact, the riots that resulted in the fall of the Bastille on 14 July 1789 and helped move forward the early stages of the French Revolution began as a search for arms and grain. -
Tennis Court Oath
On 20 June 1789, the members of the French Third Estate, who had begun to call themselves the National Assembly, took the Tennis Court Oath, vowing "not to separate, and to reassemble wherever circumstances require, until the constitution of the kingdom is established". It was a pivotal event in the French Revolution. -
The Woman March on Versailles
The crowd arrived at the king's palace in Versailles. Once the crowd arrived at Versailles they demanded to meet the king. At first, things seemed to be going well. A small group of women met with the king. He agreed to provide them food from the king's stores and promised more in the future. -
Storming on Bastille
The Storming of the Bastille occurred in Paris, France, on the afternoon of 14 July 1789. The medieval fortress, armory, and political prison in Paris known as the Bastille represented royal authority in the center of Paris. -
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French Revolution
The process of the French Revolution and how it went year by year. How this was a big time period for the growing of France and learning from their mistakes. -
Reign of Terror
The "reign of terror" to have begun in 1793, placing the starting date at 5 September. While some consider it to have begun in September 1792 when the first lynchings took place but there is a consensus that it ended with the fall of Maximilien Robespierre in July 1794. -
Napoleon MIlitary
He is widely regarded as a military genius and one of the finest commanders in world history. The military career of Napoleon Bonaparte spanned over 20 years -
Napoleon Crowned himself
On the 2nd of December 1804 Napoleon crowned himself Emperor Napoleon I at Notre Dame de Paris. According to legend, during the coronation he snatched the crown from the hands of Pope Pius VII and crowned himself, thus displaying his rejection of the authority of the Pontiff. -
Napoleons Russian Campaign
Napoleon's Russian Campaign. In the summer of 1812 Napoleon gathered his fearsome Grande Armée, more than half a million strong, on the banks of the Niemen River. He was about to undertake the most daring of all his many campaigns: the invasion of Russia. -
Battle of Waterloo
The Battle of Waterloo, which took place in Belgium on June 18, 1815, marked the final defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte, who conquered much of Europe in the early 19th century -
100 Days Campaign
Hundred Days, French Cent Jours, in French history, period between March 20, 1815, the date on which Napoleon arrived in Paris after escaping from exile on Elba. Then we see the return of Louis XVIII to Paris.
