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Estates General Meeting
A meeting of representatives from each estate to vote on a solution to France's financial problems. The third estate was locked out. -
National Assembly Formed
The third estate members who were locked out called themselves the National Assembly. -
Tennis Court Oath declared
The National Assembly swore not to stop meeting until they had a constitution. -
Storming of the Bastille
Crowds banned together and attacked the Bastille, a massive stone prison where they kept weapons and gunpowder. The people tore down the Bastille. -
Declaration of the Rights of Man Written
The people wrote a document that demanded a representative government to protect the people's rights and freedoms and an end to tyranny. -
Legislative Assembly makes laws in France
The group of conservatives, moderates, and radicals that made laws. -
Execution of King Louis XVI
It was a public execution with the guillotine. One thing that caused it was a threat from the King of Bronzewick that said not to hurt the monarchy. -
Committee of Public Safety governs France
Ruled France like a dictatorship during the Reign of Terror. -
Reign of Terror
A time period when the leaders were trying to scare enemies of the republic and many people against the revolution were killed -
Dechristianization
The power of the catholic Church was weakened by destroying religious symbols, money taken away from church, christianity becoming illegal, and making a different calendar with no Sundays. -
Execution of Maximilien Robespierre
When he announced that he had a secret list of enemies of the republic, everyone worried that they were on the list. This was a tactical error and led to Robespierre's final arrest and execution, which ended the terror. -
The Directory controls France
It was a temporary government that consisted of 5 people who were holding France together and stopping violence. It was disliked by the people. -
Napoleon takes over in a coup d’etat
He took the power of a dictator, and the people of France were glad because they wanted strong leadership. -
Napoleon signs Concordat with Catholic Church
The Concordat said that the government recognized the influence of the Church, but rejected Church control in national affairs. It gained Napoleon support of the church and many more French people. -
Napoleon creates the Napoleonic Code
The Napoleonic Code gave the country a uniform system of laws and authority over individual rights. It restored slavery and limited liberty, but also eliminated many injustices. -
Napoleon crowns himself emperor of France
The French voters supported him. He implied that he was more powerful than the church. -
Napoleon dies after he is banished to island of St. Helena
He was exiled to a different island at first, but then escaped, so he was sent to St. Helena.
