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Estates General Meeting
A meeting with representatives from all Estates. The First and Second Estates however could out vote the Third Estate. When the Third Estate came they weren't allowed to come in -
National Assembly Formed
Not being able to get into the Estates General Meeting, the Third Estate headed by Robes-Pierre called themselves the Nation Assembly because they represented the people. -
Tennis Court Oath
When the National Assembly can't get into the General Estates meeting they go to a tennis court where they swear that they will make a new Constitution. -
Bastille
Bastille was a prison where enemies of the crown were executed. The people stormed Bastille for gun powder. They took apart Bastille brick by brick as a statement that the French government was coming down. -
Declaration of Rights of Man and Citizens
The Declaration of Rights of Man and Citizens was a manifesto saying that the people of France should have a constitutional monarchy, equal rights, freedom of press, justice, and reasonable laws. -
Legislative Assembly
The legislative branch split into three groups. The Conservatives was the First Estate who liked the Old Regime and was threatened by the Declaration. The Radicals were the Bourgeoisie who wanted complete reformation. The Moderates were the peasants who wanted a constitutional monarchy. -
Execution of King Louis
"The king must die for the Revolution to live." King Louis guillotine beheading was a public event, he tried to give a speech saying he was innocent however he could not be heard over the drumroll. -
The Reign of Terror
In the Reign of Terror the Declaration of Rights of Man was suspended and everyone thought to be a traitor was rounded up, put on trial and beheaded. This was an emergency government to spot the people who opposed the Republic. -
De Christianization
The Revolutionaries thought the church had too much power so they changed the Saint street signs and the calendars. Instead people should worship Marat, a journalist. -
The Committee of Public Safety
The Committee of Public Safety was 12 people who ruled France as a dictatorship, made by the National Convention. -
Execution of Maximilien Robespierre
In a meeting with Robespierre he announced that he had a list of traitors but wouldn't say who was on it, he was then arrested. He tried committing suicide but it didn't work and he was beheaded, ending the Revolution. -
The Directory
The Directory was 5 people that held France together while they figured out what to do with the government next. However it was no a very good government and so Napoleon took over. -
Napoleon coup d’etat
Napoleon's troop surround the national legislature and drive out it's members, those still there vote to dissolve the Directory. Napoleon establishes three consuls, a dictatorship. -
Napoleon signs Concordat with Catholic Church
Napoleon signs an agreement with Pope Pius VII establishing a new relationship between church and state. This gained the support of the Church and the French people. -
Napoleonic Code
A uniform set of laws limiting liberty and individual rights also restoring slavery in the French colonies. -
Napoleon crown Emperor of France
Napoleon with the support of the French people crowns himself Emperor and walks down the Nortre Dome Cathedral in Paris while the pope waited with a crown. -
Napoleon dies
After being banished to St. Helena Napoleon dies from either poison of stomach cancer.
