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French and Indian War
Also known as the Seven Years' War, this New World conflict marked another chapter in the long imperial struggle between Britain and France. When France's expansion into the Ohio River valley brought repeated conflict with the claims of the British colonies, a series of battles led to the official British declaration of war in 1756. Boosted by the financing of future Prime Minister William Pitt, the British turned the tide with victories at Louisburg, Fort Frontenac, and the French-Canadian. -
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King Louis XVI
The last king of France before the French Revolution. He came from a family of royalty. He didn't really want to be king. He was more of the shy type. He didn't really know how to rule, he did a lot of spending though. He was later killed by the guillotine because the people were tired of being ruled by a monarch type government. -
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Marie Antoinette
The last queen of France before the French Revolution. She was very young when she began to rule, and she wasn't very good at it because she didn't really know what she was doing. One thing that she did know how to do was throw lavage parties and spend a lot of money to cope with her having to be married to someone she didn't want to be. She also was killed by the guillotine as her husband. -
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Maximillien Robespierre
Was a French lawyer and politician, one of the best known and most influential figures associated with the French Revolution and the Reign of Terror. He was the one the mostly influenced the people to go this way towards the Reign of Terror, and began to execute people. After a while the people began to get tired of all the killing and all the supporters of the Reign of Terror and the Revolution were killed. -
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Napoleon Bonaparte
French statesman and military leader. He took over France after the people went through the Reign of Terror. They needed a leader. He then took over majority of Europe and tried to take over Great Britain but lost very badly. He also tried to take over Russia, but he wasn't prepared for the weather. He then gets exiled, but the people need a leader and he comes back. Once again he tries to take over Great Britain but it doesn't work. He is exiled once more, and dies 6 years later. -
Tennis Court Oath
the members of the French Estates-General for the Third Estate, who had begun to call themselves National Assembly, took the Tennis Court Oath vowing "not to separate, and to reassemble wherever circumstances require, until the constitution of the kingdom is established." It was the pivotal event in the early days of the French Revolution. -
Storming of the Bastille
A state prison on the east side of Paris 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. -
Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizens
The Declaration was drafted by General Lafayette and Honore Mirabeau. Influenced by the doctrine of "natural right", the rights of man are held to be universal: valid at all times and in every place, pertaining to human nature itself. It became the basis for a nation of free individuals protected equally by the law. It is included in the beginning of the constitutions of both the Fourth French Republic and Fifth Republic and is still current. -
Women's March on Versailles
A crowd of women and some men march from their homes in Paris all the way to Versailles to address the king and queen about the lack of bread for their families. They then "kidnapped" the king and queen and they traveled back to Paris so that the royal family could help them with their problem, and so that they could actually do their jobs as king and queen. -
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Reign of Terror
With Civil War spreading and hostile armies surrounding France on all sides, the Revolutionary government decided to make "Terror" the order of the day and to make harsh measures against those suspected of being enemies of the Revolution -
End of the Revolution
the French Revolution ended during the time when Napoleon Bonaparte came into power as king. The Directory's four years in power were riddled with financial crises, popular discontent, inefficiency and, above all, political corruption. by the late 1790s, the directors relied almost entirely on the military to maintain their authority and had ceded much of their power to the generals in the field. Bonaparte staged a coup d'etat abolishing the Directory and appointing himself "first consul." -
Battle of Trafalgar
Victory at the Battle of Trafalgar ensured that Napoleon would never invade Britain. Nelson, hailed as the savior of his nation, was given a magnificent funeral in St. Paul's Cathedral in London. A column was erected to his memory in the newly named Trafalgar Square, and numerous streets were renamed in his honor. -
Battle of Austerlitz
One of Bonaparte's greatest victories. His 68,000 troops defeated almost 90,000 Russians and Austrians nominally under General M.I. Kutuzov, forcing Austria to make peace with France and keeping Prussia temporarily out of the anti-French alliance. The took place near Austerlitz in Moravia after the French had entered Vienna on November 13 and then pursued the Russian and Austrian allied armies into Moravia. -
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Invasion of Russia
The French invasion of Russia, known in Russia as the Patriotic War of 1812 and in France as the Russian Campaign, began on June 24, 1812 when Napoleon's Grande Armee crossed the Neman River in an attempt to engage and defeat the Russian army. -
Napoleon Bonaparte's Exile to Elba
Napoleon began to want a lot of power, so he tries to invade Great Britain and Russia. Britain was too great so he lost that battle, and he was not prepared for the weather in Russia so majority of his men were killed. The people began to get tired of him and all the war he was trying to cause, so they exiled him to an island by himself. The people then needed a ruler back, so they allowed him to come back. -
Battle of Waterloo
Took place in Belgium. It marked the defeat of French military leader and emperor Napoleon Bonaparte, who conquered much of continental Europe in the early 19th century. Napoleon rose through the ranks of the French army during the French Revolution, seized control of the French government in 1700 and became emperor in 1804. Through a series of wars, he expanded his empire across western and central Europe. However, a disastrous invasion of Russia in 1812, led to his exile and abdication. -
Napoleon's Exile on St. Helena
Once the people accepted Napoleon back, he couldn't get over his old days. He once again tried to take over Great Britain but he ended up losing once more. He then was exiled once more where he stayed for the remainder of his life. It was on the island of St. Helena that Napoleon died. It is said that he died from poisoning because of what the walls were painted with.