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March on Versailles
The March on Versailles. Concerned over the high price and scarcity of bread, women from the marketplaces of Paris led the March on Versailles on October 5, 1789.The women's march on Versailles is particularly significant because it was a turning point in the revolution. -
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Writing of the Declaration of the Rights of Men
In its preamble and its 17 articles, it sets out the “natural and inalienable” rights, which are freedom, ownership, security, resistance to oppression; it recognizes equality before the law and the justice system, and affirms the principle of separation of powers.
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louis xvi calls the estates general
This assembly was composed of three estates – the clergy, nobility and commoners – who had the power to decide on the levying of new taxes and to undertake reforms in the country. The political and financial situation in France had grown rather bleak, forcing Louis XVI to summon the Estates Genera -
Tennis court oath
It was here that they made the famous Oath of the Real Tennis Room: “We swear never to separate and to meet wherever circumstances require until the kingdom's Constitution is established and grounded on solid foundations.”The Tennis Court Oath was an important part of the French Revolution because it represented the power of the people. -
Parisians storming the Bastille
The Storming of the Bastille was when a mob of angry French citizens and rebellious soldiers attacked the Bastille on 14 July 1789. The fortress capitulated after the revolutionaries aimed cannons at its gate
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Establishment of the New French Constitution
created by the National Assembly during the French Revolution. It retained the monarchy, but sovereignty effectively resided in the Legislative Assembly, which was elected by a system of indirect voting.
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execution of the king and queen
The next January, Louis was convicted and condemned to death by a narrow majority. On January 21, he walked steadfastly to the guillotine and was executed. Nine months later, Marie Antoinette was convicted of treason by a tribunal, and on October 16 she followed her husband to the guillotine.
The importance is On January 21, he walked steadfastly to the guillotine and was executed and she did on october 16 -
Reign of Terror
Reign of Terror , or simply the Terror (la Terreur), was a climactic period of state-sanctioned violence during the French Revolution (1789-99), which saw the public executions and mass killings of thousands of counter-revolutionary 'suspects' between September 1793 and July 1794.
The importance is instituted the conscripted army, which saved France from invasion by other countries and in that sense preserved the Revolution -
Napoleon Overthrows the Directory
Coup of 18–19 Brumaire, (November 9–10, 1799), coup d'état that overthrew the system of government under the Directory in France and substituted the Consulate, making way for the despotism of Napoleon Bonaparte.
The importance is they protecting the positions of those who had supported the Revolution and preventing the return of the Bourbons -
Napoleon Builds an Empire
Napoleon built his empire through conquest of territories belonging to his enemies.
The importance is one of the most successful generals of the French revolutionary armies -
Napoleon Invades Russia
On June 24, 1812, the Grande Armée, led by French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte, crossed the Neman River, invading Russia from present-day Poland.
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The Congress of Vienna Meets
The Congress of Vienna of 1814–1815 was a series of international diplomatic meetings to discuss and agree upon a possible new layout of the European political and constitutional order after the downfall of the French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte.
The importance is the first of a series of international meetings that came to be known as the Concert of Europe, an attempt to forge a peaceful balance of power in Europe -
6th Coalition Occupies Paris
A battle fought on March 30–31, 1814 between the Sixth Coalition—consisting of Russia, Austria, and Prussia—and the French Empire. After a day of fighting in the suburbs of Paris, the French surrendered on March 31, ending the War of the Sixth Coalition and forcing Emperor Napoleon to abdicate and go into exile.
The importance is The Allies defeated the remaining French armies, occupied Paris, and forced Napoleon to abdicate and go into exile -
King Louis XVIII Begins His Reign
The grandson of Louis XV and brother of Louis XVI, Louis Stanislas Xavier declared himself King of France in 1795, before officially becoming King Louis XVIII in 1814 at the fall of the Empire.
The importance is he saw France's first experiment in parliamentary government since the Revolution -
Napoleon Defeated at Waterloo
it concluded a war that had raged for 23 years, ended French attempts to dominate Europe, and destroyed Napoleon's imperial power forever.
The importance is it destroyed Napoleon's imperial power forever.