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Tennis Court Oath
The third estate turned into the National Assembly. When they were locked out of their regular meeting place they gathered in a tennis court They said they wouldnt leave until a constitution for France was written -
fall of Bastille
On July 14, 1789 more than 800 Parisians gathered outside the Bastille demanding weapons and gunpowder. A battle erupted and the mob eventually broke in but left the bastille empty handed. This became known as the symbol of the French Revolution -
Great Fear
start of french revolution, The Great Fear during the French Revolution was a period of crazyness. Peasenst expected there to be a revolution and the fall of a monarchy. they heard rumors of other countries invading, and the king's army was to protect them. this caused the peasents to worry about what was going to happen to their country Peasants revolted and erupted into chaos -
The Declaration of the Rights of Man
National Assembly issued this to declare that people were equal under the law. it stressed liberity, equality, and fraternity -
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Women march on Versailles
bread cost rose dramtically, women were outraged and marched to versaille to speak with the king. they demanded bread from the king and queen when no one came they stormed palace killing 2 guards and then forced the king and queen to come to Paris and they did -
Civil Constitution of Clergy
a law that was passed to make the roman catholic church have less authority in the french government -
The Royal Escape
the french royal family tried to escape Paris because they were under risk of being killed by the angry mob of revolutionaries -
Declaration of Pilnitz
protected king Louis XVI so that if he was threatened, european powers were to react and help out king Louis XVI -
Constitution of 1791
the first written constitution for France. it was based on the ideas of the reformers of that time. some of these concepts were later applied to constitutions around the world. -
Creation of National Convention
included the constitutional and legislative assembly. made decisions for the country and held meetings among different views of different people. it was later changed to the directory in 1795. -
Reign of Terror
the bloody massacre of people to the guillotine. it is estimated to be around 40,000 people to be executed during the revolution by the guillotine -
Execution of a Monarch
King Louis was sentenced to the guillotine for being a traitor to France. This day of execution marked a big day in history considering it was the first time a king was executed by is own people -
The Directory
the National Convention was changed to the directory, this marks the turning point in the revoultion and end of a monarchy -
Constitution of 1795
this established the directory and basically ended the revolution and started the rise of napolean bonaparte -
napolean becomes consulate
napolean convinced France that he was the head of a conservative government for france but didnt consider himself a king -
Concordat of 1801
an agreement between napolean and the pope that restored power to the roman catholic church in France -
Coronation of an Emperor
a painting that shows napolean taking power in france -
Battle of Trafalgar
a battle between the british and french navy led by napolean. the british navy were victorious against napolean. -
Battle of Austerlitz
attacks austria, prussia and russia and defeats all three countries. one of napolean's greatest victories -
Invasion of Spain
spanish rioted against invasion, then napolean deposed spanish king and replaced him with his brother. spanish guerilla tactics costed france 300,000 lives -
Invasion of Russia
napolean invaded because russia didnt support continental system. he led 500,000 troops into russia. french was left starving. napolean captured moscow then he realized he had to help france out with the starvation and ended the invasion -
Congress of Vienna
a conference disscusing the napolean wars and the post french revolution and the falling of the holy roman empire -
A Hundred Days
how long it took for napolean to return from his exile to elba -
Exile to Elba
napolean was now hated in france for putting them into so many wars and invasions with other countries and napolean later exiled to Elba( a small island off the coast of Italy) -
Battle of Waterloo
when napolean returned the battle of waterloo started in belgium. napolean was overmatchedby european armies and napolean was then banished to St. Helana.
