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Louis XVI calls the Estates General
because France, both government and people, was broke -
Tennis Court Oath
France swore they would not disperse until a constitution was established for France -
Writing of the Declaration of the Rights of Men
The Marquis de Lafayette, with the help of Thomas Jefferson -
Parisians storming the Bastille
France's newly constituted National Assembly led a crowd of Parisians to successfully besiege the Bastille -
March on Versailles
King Louis XVI of France, his queen Marie Antoinette -
Execution of the King and Queen
Louis XVI was executed on January 21, 1793 -
Establishment of the New French Constitution
The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen -
Reign of Terror
The massive death toll caused by the Reign of Terror -
Napoleon Overthrows the Directory
The coup d'état of 18 Brumaire -
Napoleon Builds an Empire
through conquest of territories belonging to his enemies -
Napoleon Invades Russia
in an attempt to force Tsar Alexander I to cease trading with Britain. -
6th Coalition Occupies Paris
defeated the First French Empire and drove Napoleon into exile on the island of Elba -
King Louis XVIII Begins His Reign
King of France in 1795, before officially becoming King Louis XVIII in 1814 at the fall of the Empire. -
The Congress of Vienna Meets
discuss and agree upon a possible new layout of the European political and constitutional order after the downfall of the French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte -
Napoleon Defeated at Waterloo
the Duke of Wellington and Marshal Blücher