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King Louis XVI becomes King of France
Louis XVI became king on May 10, 1774. He was given the title due to the death of his grandfather. King Louis XVI was only 20 when he inherited the throne. His grandfather had already left him with financial problems as it is and it turns out King Louis only made the matter worse. -
Calling Of the Estates Generals
In 1789, King Louis XVI called the Estates General to meet for the first time since 1614. The reason he did this was to try to get more money for his government. His government was in bad condition. This was because most of the wealth of the country was held by the nobility meanwhile the peasant, the worker, etc who had barely enough to feed themselves were forced to pay taxes. King Louis wanted to raise the taxes on the nobility but was not able to, therefore he was forced to call the estate. -
Formation of the National Assembly
The National Assembly was a revolution group that was created by the third estate, The Third Estate also created the Declaration of the rights of man and the citizens. The documents were made to influence the actions of the French Revolution -
Attack on the Bastille
The people of France were suffering from food shortages and the amount of their tax money used to pay King Louis XVI debts.The opening of the Estates General upset many people along with the fact that Louis was surrounding Paris with more troops. Therefore led to a march to the Hôtel des Invalides where they took about 3,000 firearms and five canons. However the gun needed gun powder which was being held in the Bastille. Once there they took the governor, freed prisoners, and took the powder -
Great Fear
The Great Fear was a wave of peasant riots and violence that spread through France in July and August 1789. These riots were caused by economic concerns and rural panic .The peasants, it seems, became turned into their worst enemy -
French Women force Lois XVI to leave Versailles
Like most people in France, they were starving. So the women of France decided to take matter in to their own hands. Over 7,000 women marched to the place of Versailles demanding bread. Although King Louis was the cause of the problem, the women were more upset with Marie Antoinette. The women soon stormed the castle and demanded to see the queen. As the king and queen stood there trap they had no choice than to made a deal. They gave the women all the bread that was in the castle. -
Lois XVI is executed
King Louis secretly left France to see if anyone was willing to help him with his tax situation, but it seems as though the way people felt about him spread all throughout Europe. After King Louis reached his destination both his wife and him were locked up and taken back to France were he was put an trail. He was soon convicted of conspiracy with foreign powers and was sentenced to death. -
Reign of Terror
The Reign of Terror or The Terror was a period of extreme violence during the French Revolution led by Maximilian Robespierre. He had the idea that the best way to rule was through fear. In one of his quotes he say "Terror is nothing other than justice, prompt, severe, inflexible". The main punishment would be the guillotine. If you were seen as a traitor you would be killed, if you disobeyed an order you would be killed, anyone that seemed like would be executed. -
The Directory
Basically the directory was a group of five men who held the executive power in France. They were chosen by the new legislature, by the Council of Five Hundred and the Council of Ancients; each year one director, chosen by lot, was to be replaced. -
Napoleon Takes Power
Napoleon was a French military leader who had taken over most of Europe. Napoleon rose to power due to the the ranks of the military during the French Revolution . After taking all political in France he was crowned emperor in. Napoleon was a skilled military strategist and was able to win wars against many nations and expanded his empire. -
Napoleon Invades Russia
The French invasion of Russia, known as the Patriotic War. It started when Napoleons army crossed the Neman River in an attempt to defeat the Russian army. unfortunately due to freezing temperatures, food shortages, disease and Russian assaults, within six months napoleon army was on its last string. -
Waterloo
The Battle of Waterloo was the final defeat of Napoleon. He was successful in conquering most of Europe. Through a series of wars, he was able to his expand his empire. But the invasion of Russia was a devastating loss that led to his exile. He returned to France and took back power The Battle of Waterloo signaled the end of his reign and the end of France’s domination in Europe.
