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Meeting of Estates General In Paris
King Louis called a meeting of the Estates General to pay off war debts. Which has only been done twice...ever! -
National Assembly
The National Assembly was created by the 3rd Estate because they wished it would be the new French Goverment. -
Tennis COurnt Oath
The 3rd Estate broke into a "tennis cournt" and would not disband until a new constitution was created for them. -
Fall of the Bastille
Rumors spread in Paris that soilders were coming to wipe them out. So they stormed the Bastille prison and overthrew the soilders that were there and tore in down brick by brick. -
Declaration of the Rights of Man
The Declaration of the Rights of Man we created to state that man has rights of Liberty and Equality. They demanded the King to sign it. -
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Womens march to Versailles
Story goes that a group of men that worked in the fish market marched all the way from Paris sto Versailles to kill Marie Antionette. They got there and demanded the Queen give them bread. When they broke in, they tore her bed to shreds. -
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Royal Family is Captured
In an attempt to flee to Austria the King and Queen diguisted themselves with clothing of citizens but while taking "bathroom break" they were captured and brought back to Paris and thrown in jail. -
War between France and Austria
The Girondins and the Sans-Culottes wanted to go the war against Austria for helping the Royal Family escape. -
Removel of King Louis XVI
Leader Maximillian demanded that the king needs to be removed form his authority. -
King Louis is condemmed
The Kings fate has been decided and he was found guilty of treason and condemned to death. -
Execution of King Louis
The King was found guilty of treason and was beheaded on the guillotine in front of the whole crowd and they screamed with joy and happiness. -
Murder of Marat
Charlotte Corday stabbed Marat while he is in the bathtub. at her trail her famous quote was "I killed one mane, to save thousands". Marat was seen as a "hero" thanks to Robespierre. -
Reign of Terror
the Convention adopted a new "Law of Suspects", which allowed anyone who was suspected of opposing the Revolution to have an unfair trail and then sudden death. -
Marie Antoinette Beheaded
A few months after the Kings death, Marie Antoinette was also accused of treason but she was also accused of incest. -
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Arrest and Ececution of Maximillen
Robespierre got paranoid and thought everyone was turning against him so he had his FRIEND Danton beheaded. he began the Great Terror He was arrested in the middle of the night and was killed the next day after failing to kill himself first. -
The Coronation of Napolen
The Directory asked him if he would save them from the Civil War and Invasion. He was Crowned -
Napoleonic Code
The Napoleonic Code was the French Civil code. These codes were a big step in replacing the old feudal system. -
Exile to Elba
After trying to Abdicate Napoleon was exiled to the Island of Elba -
100 Days (final exile)
The Battle of Waterloo was marked as the final defeat of the French Military Later Napoleon tried abdicate again and was exiled to St. Helena Island where he died of stomach cancer. -
Congress of Vienna
The first priority of the Congress of Vienna was to find a new balance of power. and to resolve any disputes.
