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French Revolution Napoleon Major Events
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Meeting of the Estates General
Louis XVI calles meeting of the Three Estates to Versailles -
National Assembly Formed
the third estate gets banned out of the meeting and forms the national assembly -
Tennis Court Oath
the national assembly go into an indoor tennis courth in Versailles and make an oath not to leave until they make a constitution -
Storming of the Bastille
French peasants in Paris hear news that the king's army is coming to Paris so they storm the Bastille for gunpowder -
Great Fear
peasants attack French nobles' manor houses to get rid of any documents from the feudal system -
Assembly issues Declaration of Rights of Man
National Assembly creates a document for the rights of people -
Woman Storm Versailles
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Louie XVI and Family Flee France
Louis XVI and his family have a plan to take a carriage to Austria -
National Assembly Issues Constitution
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France declares war on Austria and Prussia
France fears war with Austria and Prussia so it declares war first -
France becomes a Republic
France eliminates the monarch and becomes a republic -
Louie XVI is executed
the king is killed -
Reign of Terror begins
Robespierre declares a reign of terror to keep the revolution going -
Marie Antoinette executed
the queen is killed -
Danton executed
Robespierre decides to execute his enemy George Danton -
Reign of Terror ends; Robespierre executed
Robespierre is executed ending the reign of terror -
Napoleon promoted to General of Army of the West
Napoleon gets promoted -
Napoleon becomes First Consul of France
Napoleon is the sole ruler of France now; France is basically a monarch again -
Napoleon makes Constitution through Plebiscite
Napoleon approves his constitution through vote of the people -
Signing of the Concordat
Napoleon makes an agreement with the pope so there is no problems with the church and state -
France sells Louisiana territory to US
Napoleon wants US to become enemy of Britain and sells land -
Napoleonic Code established
Napoleon issues a code for all the citizens of France -
Napoleon crowned Emperor of France
