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American Revolutionary War with the assistance of France, winning independence from Great Britain and establishing the United States of America.
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He was married to Marie Antoinette and was executed for treason by guillotine in 1793
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the Declaration of Independence is not legally binding, but it is powerful. Abraham Lincoln called it “a rebuke and a stumbling-block to tyranny and oppression.”
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vowing "not to separate and to reassemble wherever circumstances require, until the constitution of the kingdom is established". It was a pivotal event in the French Revolution
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one of the most important papers of the French Revolution. This paper explains a list of rights, such as freedom of religion, freedom of speech, freedom of assembly and separation of powers.
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vowing "not to separate and to reassemble wherever circumstances require, until the constitution of the kingdom is established
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is a human civil rights document from the French Revolution.
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Versailles, was one of the earliest and most significant events of the French Revolution
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The medieval armory, fortress, and political prison known as the Bastille represented royal authority in the centre of Paris.
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was attacked by an angry and aggressive mob. The prison had become a symbol of the monarchy's dictatorial rule, and the event became one of the defining moments in the Revolution that followed
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known as the October March, the October Days or simply the March on Versailles, was one of the earliest and most significant events of the French Revolution.
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was the first written constitution in France, created after the collapse of the absolute monarchy of the Ancien Régime.
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was the first written constitution in France, created after the collapse of the absolute monarchy of the Ancien Régime.
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David was the leading French painter, as well as a Montagnard and a member of the revolutionary Committee of General Security.
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Danton's role in the onset of the Revolution has been disputed; many historians describe him as "the chief force in the overthrow of the French monarchy and the establishment of the First French Republic
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Italian Campaign. Napoleon took over the French “Army of Italy,” drove the Austrians and Sardinians out of Piedmont, defeated the Papal States, and occupied Venice. This was his first major victory.
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Although the plan was for the three to have equal power, Napoleon quickly became the most powerful.
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After the battle of Friedland, where Napoleon defeated the Russians, Alexander of Russia negotiated this treaty that would bring peace to Russia. They met on a raft in the middle of the Niemen River to sign the treaty, which had both a public and a private part.
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Napoleon’s army regrouped in German territory, and battled the Coalition successfully in several locations before suffering a decisive defeat in the Battle of the Nations (Leipzig) at the hands of Germany’s General Blucher.