French Revolution

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    Moderate Phase

  • Meeting of The Estate General

    The First, Second and Third Estate were called by Louis XVI to solve the financial crisis that France was facing after financing wars.
  • Tennis Oath

    The National Assembly swore to not stop meeting until France had a constitution.
  • Fall of the Bastille

    A Parisian mob broke into an ancient fortress know as Bastille which signified the beginning of the French Revolution.
  • Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizens

  • Women's March on Versailles

    With prices of bread and food being significantly high-- woman from the market place marched to Versailles and stormed the palace as protest.
  • France Abolishes The Monarchy

  • Committee on Public Saftey is Created

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    Reign of Terror

  • Louis XVI Execution

    Louis XVI was beheaded
  • Committee of Public Safety was Created

  • Marie Antoinette Execution

    Marie is found guilty of treason and is beheaded.
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    Directory Period

  • Committee of Public Saftey Abolished

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    The Consulate

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    Napoleonic Era

  • Napoleon Proclaims Himself Emperor

  • Battle of Austerlitz

  • Napoleon invades Russia

  • Napoleon's First Exile

  • Napoleon's Second Exile

  • Congress Of Vienna