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Constitutional Conventions
Four years after the United States won its independence from England, 55 state delegates, including George Washington, James Madison, and Benjamin Franklin, convene in Philadelphia to compose a new U.S. constitution. -
The Storming Of The Bastille
The Storming of the Bastille occurred in Paris, France. The medieval fortress and prison in Paris known as the Bastille represented royal authority in the centre of Paris. -
Decleration Of The Rights Of Man and Citizen
is a fundamental document of the French Revolution and in the history of human and civil rights. -
The fight to Varennes
The flight to Varennes was the royal family’s failed attempt to escape Paris in June 1791. Appalled by the growing radicalism of the revolution, particularly its anti-clericalism, Louis XVI agreed to abscond from the city - See more at: http://alphahistory.com/frenchrevolution/flight-to-varennes/#sthash.rp9W2zFB.dpuf -
The french Constitution
was the first written constitution in France, created after the collapse of the Absolute Monarchy of the Ancien Régime -
The fall of the monarchy
As the radical Jacobin club gained more power in Paris, the idea of overthrowing the monarchy became more feasible. Lead by republicans such as Danton, Desmoulins, and Robespierre, the Paris commune became increasingly influential in the movement for democracy in France. -
King Louis XVI executed
Louis ascended to the French throne in 1774 and from the start was unsuited to deal with the severe financial problems that he had inherited from his grandfather, King Louis XV. -
Law of Suspects
during the Reign of Terror following the French Revolution. It marked a significant weakening of individual freedoms that led to "revolutionary paranoia" that swept the nation -
execution of marie-antoinette
After the fall of the monarchy on the 10th of August 1792, the dethroned Queen was imprisoned in the Tower of the Temple, along with her husband, Louis XVI, their children and Madame Elisabeth, the King’s younger sister. -
Robespierre
Robespierre, the Committee of Public Safety and Jacobin Club denounce the Hébertists and Dantonists on framed-up charges and execute all the popular leaders. Robespierre becomes virtually the dictator. -
Robespierre overthrown in France
Maximilien Robespierre, the architect of the French Revolution’s Reign of Terror, is overthrown and arrested by the National Convention. As the leading member of the Committee of Public Safety from 1793, Robespierre encouraged the execution, mostly by guillotine, of more than 17,000 enemies of the Revolution -
13 Vendemiaire
name given to a battle between the French Revolutionary troops and Royalist forces in the streets of Paris. The battle was largely responsible for the rapid advancement of Republican General Napoleon Bonaparte's career. -
National Convention
The National Convention was elected to provide a new constitution for the country after the overthrow of the monarchy