French revolution

By ethancohen22

  • Three Consuls

    Napoleon Bonaparte, the First Consul, wielded all the true force, while the other two were main leaders who really had little power this included Emmanuel-Joseph Sieyes and Pierre-Roger Ducos.

  • The Old Order

    The people of France were divided into three big classes or as you can call it, Estates.

  • The National Assembly

    The third estate insisted that all three estates meet together and
    that each delegate have a vote. This would give the advantage to the Third Estate, which had as many delegates as the other two estates combined. On June 17, 1789, they voted to establish the National Assembly, in effect proclaiming the end of absolute monarchy and the beginning of representative government.

  • Womens March

    In October 1789, a large number of Parisian ladies revolted over the rising cost of bread. Wielding blades, tomahawks, and different weapons, the ladies walked on Versailles. To start with, they requested that the National Assembly make a move to give bread. At that point, they turned their displeasure on the lord and sovereign. They broke into the castle, killing a portion of the gatekeepers.

  • Storming of Bastille

    Rumors were going around about King Louis XIV using power from his military force to dismiss the national assembly. Others heard foreign soldiers were coming to massacre the people of France. People panicked and began preparing themselves with weapons like pitchforks. A mob looking for gunpower overwhelmed Bastille which was a prison and took out some of the guards as well. This was one of the defining moments of the French revolution.

  • Declaration Of Rights And Citizens

    On 26 August 1789, the national assembly issued the Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen which defined individual and collective rights at the time of the French Revolution.

  • Reign Of Terror

    A period of violence during the French revolution. There were a ton of public executions. Its purpose was to purge France of enemies of the Revolution and protect the country from foreign invaders.

  • The execution of Louis XVI

    Louis was convicted of conspiracy with foreign powers and sentenced to death by the French National Convention. He was executed by guillotine in the Place de la Revolution in Paris.

  • Creation Of The Directory

    The Directory stopped the mass executions of the Reign of Terror and took measures to relax some of the more radical views of the time.

  • Concordat Of 1801

    An agreement between Napoleon Bonaparte and papal and clerical representatives in both Rome and Paris, defining the status of the Roman Catholic Church in France and ending the breach caused by the church reforms.

  • The Louisiana Purchase

    This was a land deal between the United States and France, in which the U.S. acquired approximately 827,000 square miles of land west of the Mississippi River for $15 million.

  • Napoleonic Code

    The Napoleonic Code did a lot of good for the French, the first good thing this code did for the French was it gave the country a set in stone, set of laws and it also eliminated any injustices. But this actually promoted order and authority over individual rights.

  • Continental System

    This was the blockade designed by Napoleon to paralyze Great Britain through the destruction of British commerce.

  • The Invasion Of Russia

    This invasion began on June 24th,1812 when Napoleon's Grande Army crossed the Neman River in an attempt to engage and defeat the Russian Army.

  • Exile To Elba

    In the Treaty of Fontainebleau, Naeoplean is banished to the Mediterranean island of Elba. He was stuck on the island of Elba for a long 10 months.

  • Exile to Helena

    Napoleon was exiled to St. Helena in 1815. After his defeat at the Battle of Leipzig in October 1813. Napoleon retreated to Paris where he was forced to renounce his throne in April 1814.

  • The Hundred Days

    The period between Napoleon's return from exile on the island of Elba to Paris on 20 March 1815 and the second restoration of King Louis XVIII on 8 July 1815. This defeat ended Napaloean's last bid for power.

  • Louis attempts to Flee France

    Louis XIV and his wife Marie Antoinette and their immediate family tried to flee France the night of June 20th, 1971, but were caught by guards immediately and sent back.