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#1) Luis XVI Takes Throne
Married, and is very young. Bad ruler too! Was mostly dominated by his wife, Mary Antoinette. Oh -
#2) The Storming of Bastille!
Citizens living in Paris captured and mobbed the much hated prison, Bastille. -
#3) The National Assembly!
Louis's gov about to go bankrupt, and the National Assembly is formed(doomed to fail in 1791). -
#4) Declaration of Rights of Man & Citizen.
The National Assembly adopts the paper: Declaration of Rights of Man & Citizen. -
#5) The Great Fear!
The common peasants are terrified of the high and wealthy and powerful nobles/clergy. They send hired outlaws to go terrorize them. -
#6) Flight to Varennes.
Louis and his family tries to escape, but fails and is caught at Varennes. -
#7) Legislative Takeover!
National Assembly disbands, Legislative takes over, and they can creat the Consitution. -
#8) Revolutionary division.
The revolutionary leaders turn on each other. -
#9) Austria and Prussia.
Austria and Prussia support the Royal Palace, and so send troops to aid them. -
#10) Royal Palace Invasion.
20,000 parisians capture Mary Antoinette and her children in their Royal Palace. -
#11) Louis XVI Executed.
King Louis found guilty, and sentenced to death by guillotined. People probably were happy about that. Ew. -
#13) Drafting Army-
The National Assembly drafts 300,000 citizens as soldiers. -
#12) Royal Allies-
Great Britain, Holland, and Spain send troops to help fight the french rebels. -
#14) Maximillion Robespierre.
He was once a revolution leader, and he became corrupted and tried to take power for himself. Dun-Dun-Dun! -
#15) Reign of Terror!
Robespierre rules as a dictator, and kills about 40,000 killed in only Paris in only 1 year. WOW! Bloody... -
#16) Robespierre executed!
National Commitee turns on Robespierre,(he joined them), and ironically kills him with the same method used to kill his enemies, rivals, and victims. -
#17) Moderates & Napolean!
Moderates draft a new Constitution, they create a 2-house legislative, create executive of 5 people; and Napolean Bonaparte chosen to lead France's armies. -
#18) Napolean's Rise and Fall!
He was a succesful military leader, gained power due to France's political instability, had a golden age of being emperor, got defeated by Austria and Russia, went into exile, got strong again, exiled AGAIN, and then died maybe of stomach cancer in St. Helena. -
#19) Title *
Several CENTURIES later, I made this timeline about the events that happened! And you also read/graded it too! The-End! Bye! :D hehehe
