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Absolution and the French Revolution
Absolutism within France was a political system associated with kings such as Louis XIII and, more particularly, Louis XIV. The French Revolution led to the end of the monarchy. -
Louis XVI became king
Louis XVI became king and he was some of the reason why the French Revolution happened. He was a very bad leader and his queen put France into debt due to her love for fashion. -
Napoleon's early career
As a boy, Napoleon attended school in mainland France, where he learned the French language, and went on to graduate from a French military academy in 1785. He then became a second lieutenant in an artillery regiment of the French army. -
Jacobins
A group of people that were considered to be the most ruthless people during the French Revolution. The got there name from where all the group met at to begin their reign of terror. -
Monarchy Abolished
In 1789, The monarch is Abolished due to food shortages and economic problems. King Louis and his queen were imprisoned in 1792 -
During Napoleon's time as leader
he proposed an invasion of Egypt in an effort to wipe out British trade routes with India. Napoleon’s troops scored a victory against Egypt’s military rulers at the Battle of the Pyramids in July 1798 soon his forces were stranded after his naval fleet was nearly decimated by the British. -
Tennis Court Oath
The Tennis Court Oath gave a voice to the Third Estate. They also vowed never to part ways from each other until the French Revolution is over. -
Storming of Bastille
A prison on the east side of Paris was attacked by an angry and aggressive mob. The mob killed the commander and the prison was raided for all their weapons. -
Bastille is stormed
At dawn on July 14, a great crowd armed with muskets, swords, and various makeshift weapons began to gather around the Bastille. Launay’s men were able to hold the mob back, but as more and more Parisians were converging on the Bastille, Launay raised a white flag of surrender over the fortress. -
Declaration of the rights of Man and Citizens
This is one of the most important papers signed during the French Revolution. This paper explains a list of rights, such as freedom of religion, freedom of speech, freedom of assembly and separation of powers. -
Women's march of Versailles
an angry mob of nearly 7,000 working women armed with pitchforks, pikes and muskets marched in the rain from Paris to Versailles, to the beat of a drum, the women chanted "bread." This intensified the French Revolution. -
French Consitution
French constitution created by the National Assembly during the French Revolution. It retained the monarchy, but sovereignty effectively resided in the Legislative Assembly, which was elected by a system of indirect voting. -
Monarchy Abolished
King Louis and his queen were thrown into jail in August 1792 due to food shortages and economic crisis. They would not help and just kept spending more money. -
Attack on the Tuileries
A little more than three years after their attack on the Bastille, the people of Paris laid siege to another royalist symbol. This time the target was the Tuileries Palace, the official residence of Louis XVI and the home of the Legislative Assembly. -
Reign of Terror
Robespierre was removed from power and executed. During the Reign of Terror, France was ruled by a group of men called the Committee of Public Safety. -
Napoleon's beginning
Born on the island of Corsica, Napoleon rapidly rose through the ranks of the military during the French Revolution. After seizing political power in France in a 1799 coup d’état, he crowned himself emperor in 1804. -
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Napoleon as emperor
Napoleon's defeat at Russia has killed his confidence. Now France has exhiled him to an island alone to end the rest of his life. -
Napoleon's downfall
Napoleon successfully waged war against various coalitions of European nations and expanded his empire. However, after a disastrous French invasion of Russia in 1812, Napoleon abdicated the throne two years later and was exiled to the island of Elba. -
Napoleon's late life
After a disastrous French invasion of Russia in 1812, Napoleon abdicated the throne two years later and was exiled to the island of Elba. After a defeat at the Battle of Waterloo, he abdicated once again and was exiled to the remote island of Saint Helena, where he died at 51.
