• The Estates-General Meeting

    The Estates-General Meeting
    Gathering of the 3 estates. This was the meeting where the king said that the third estate would have to pay his debts.
  • The Great Fear

    The Great Fear
    A period of terror panic
  • Decleration of the Rights and of the Citizen

    Decleration of the Rights and of the Citizen
    That men have basic rights such as Liberty, Property, Safety and Resistance to Oppression
  • Tennis Court Oath

    Tennis Court Oath
    A meeting where the 3rd estate members got together to rebel against King Louis XVI
  • Storming of Bastille

    Storming of Bastille
    The 3rd estate was fed up with being treated unfairly, so they stormed the capital
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    French Revolution

    Third estate started a war against the first and second estate, they felt like they weren't being treated fairly
  • Reign of Terror

    Reign of Terror
    Period of terror in the French Revolution were a lot of people got killed, the most common form of muderer at this time was a Guillotine
  • Execution of King Louis XVI

    Execution of King Louis XVI
    King Louis XVI gets executed, it symbolized the beginning of a democracy in France
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    Reign of terror

    Period of terror and fear in France. 17,000 people died from the guillotine
  • Napoleon Bonaparte´s Coup d'etat

    Napoleon Bonaparte´s Coup d'etat
    Napoleon taking over France signaled the end of the revolution
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    The First Empire(Napoleon)

    After the French Revolution when Napoleon took over France and invaded Austria, Germany, Portugal and Spain
  • Congress of Vienna

    Congress of Vienna
    Attempts to forge peaceful balances of power in Europe
  • Battle of Waterloo

    Battle of Waterloo
    Napoleons final battle before death