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May 5, 1789 meeting with the Estates-General
first of all it started the mark of the french revolution. also it was a meeting to set up new taxes. -
storming of the bastille
a turning point in the French Revolution it was a symbolic event in European history. It showed that a force of people could challenge a monarchy and overpower it. -
Tennis Court Oath
it was a pledge that was signed in the early days of the French Revolution. It was an important revolutionary act that showed the belief that political authority came from the nation's people, and not from the monarchy. -
Declaration of the Rights of Man
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. -
Women's March on Versailles
it took away most of the remaining authority and power the king had left. Also it was for women who wanted more bread in france. -
Execution of King Louis XVI
a secret cupboard containing proof of Louis' counter revolutionary beliefs and correspondence with foreign powers was discovered in Tuileries Palace. He was brought to trail for treason and executed by guillotine -
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Reign of Terror
it was a climactic period of state sanctioned violence during the french revolution. its goal was resolving the opposition of the revolution needed to be crushed and eliminated so that the revolution was able to succeed. -
Maximillian Robespierre's execution
Robespierre and a bunch of his followers were arrested at a hotel. And later they were killed by guillotene. -
Napoleonic Code is established
Napoleon starts a new set of laws. So everyone has to abide by them and not the old laws. -
Napoleon Crowns himself emperor
Napoleon did this so that he could gain prestige in international royalist and catholic circles. also to lay a foundation for a future dynasty. -
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Peninsular War
Napoleon is fighting pretty much the rest of europe. they are trying to knock him down some in fear he may become too powerful. -
Napoleon and his men march on Russia
they went into russia from modern day poland. It was very bad. Russia refused to engage with napoleons forces. frances units froze or starved by the hundred thousands. -
Napoleon is exiled to Elba
he adbocates the throne in the treaty of Fontainebleau. he is banished to the island of elba. -
Napoleon dies
napoleon dies because he had been getting sicker and sicker and he had been suffering from recurrent abdominal pain, progressive weakness and unabating constipation.