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Napoleon Bonoparte is born
My Notebook Napoleon was an amazing military leader. Napoleon conquered almost all of Europe with no problem. -
The Tennis Court Oath
<a href='' >My Notebook</a>The tennis court oath was an oath taken by the 3rd estate to keep meeting until the DRM is created. This oath was kept. -
The National Assembly and the Church
The National Assembly took a number of progressive actions to address the failing economy. The national assembly targeted the Catholic Church, which was at the time one of the largest landholders in France. Peasants and the Clergy made up the National Assembly. -
The Bastille
<a href='' >My Notebook</a>The Bastille was a place in France. The people attacked it wanting gun powder. This started the French Revolution. -
Causes of the Revolution
<a href='' >My Notebook</a>The first cause of the revolution was the Enlightenment in which triggered ideas of freedom. The direct cause was the attack on the Batille. -
National Assembly
The National Assembly abolishes most feudal privileges still held by the aristocracy and the clergy, including taxes, tithes, obligatory labor on roads and payment of crops. -
The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen
The assembly issued the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen, a document that guaranteed due process in judicial matters and established sovereignty among the French people. -
The Bread March
<a href='' >My Notebook</a>King Louis wouldn’t give the people food or the women rights. So the people of Paris starving and angry marched from Paris to king Louis the 16th and demanded wheat and food. -
Royal Escape
The king is unable to restore the country back to normal. Him and his men fail miserably to restore peace to his kingdom. The king would rather die than see this monarchy happen, he disguises himself as a peasant and rides away on his horse and leaves Paris. Many families escaped from the physical violence and abuse as well. -
Women Demand Constitutional Monarchy
The women travel to the Versailles and demand constitutional monarchy from the king. They are being abused. The rule of the king is unfair. -
Vows Prohibited
Monastical vows are prohibited. Religious orders, except the teaching and charitable orders, are abolished. -
Citezenship
Jews are granted citezenship in France. Slavery is not yet abolished though. -
Suspicious leaders
Attempting to flee France, Louis XVI, Marie -Antoinette, and their children are arrested at Varennes and brought back to Paris. The Constituent National Assembly suspends the king's authority until further notice. This is a major turning point in the Revolution and would play a role in eventually destroying the constitutional monarchy, still to be formally established by the new constitution. Louis XVI, though in some ways much loved by the people of France, begins to be thought of by many as a -
The Death of King Louis XVI
King Louis led his country into debt. The people of France had come to the conclusion that the King needed executed. So the King was guillotined. -
The Reign of Terror
The reign of terror was to protect paris from invaders and outsiders. It would purge france of enemies. Durring this 16,000 people were guillotined. -
Napoleon Bonaparte becomes dictator of France.
My NotebookNapoleon was a great military leader of France. Napoleon took over many different countries. Every country Napoleon took over did not lose rights but gained them.
