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Period: to
French Revolution
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Tennis court Oath is taken
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Siege of the Bastille prison
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Women's march on Versailles
The royal family is forced to live in Tuileries palace in Paris so that they can see how bad things truly are. -
Tuileries is stormed
King and his family are taken, prisoner -
King Louis the XVI is executed
later in October Marie Antonette, his wife was executed as well -
France declares war on England
they also declare war on the Dutch Republic and multiple other nations -
the Jacobin club take over in a coup
it is led by Maximilian Robespierre who later causes the Reign of Terror -
The Terror begins
over 40,000 people were executed in only 1 year -
Robespierre is executed
Ends the reign of terror -
Directory replaces the Convention
a new constitution is passed making the government more like America's and England's -
Napoleon pushes Austria out of northern Italy
Allows Napoleon to force Austria to surrender -
Napoleon invades Egypt
He finds the Rossetta stone allowing hieroglyphics to be translated -
France occupies Naples
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Russia withdraws from war with France
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Napoleon seizes power in a Coup
ends the French Revolution and starts the Napoleonic era
