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The French and Indian War
The French and Indian War was the North American conflict in a larger imperial war between Great Britain and France known as the Seven Year's War. The French and Indian war happened to decide if Britain or France would be the strong power in North America. -
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Louis XVI of France
Louis XVI was the king of France during the fall of the monarchy during the French. He was executed by the guillotine because he was convicted of conspiracy with foreign powers. -
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Queen Marie Antoinette
Marie Antoinette was the Queen of France and was married to King Louis XVI. Marie was also executed by the guillotine after being convicted of high treason. -
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Maximilien Robespierre
Maximilien Robespierre was a French lawyer and politician. He was associated with the French Revolution and the Reign of Terror. -
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Napolean Bonaparte
Napolean Bonaparte was a French military leader and emperor who conquered much of Europe in the early 19th century. -
The end of the Revolution
The French Revolutionary war came to an end when General Cornwallis was surrounded and forced to surrender the British position at Yorktown, Virginia. -
Tennis Court Oath
Members of the French Estates-General for the Third Estate, who were called the National Assembly, took the Tennis Court Oath, which stated, "not to separate, and to reassemble wherever circumstances require, until the constitution of the kingdom is established." -
Storming of the Bastille
The state prison on the east side of Paris was attacked by an angry mob. The Bastille had become a symbol of the monarchy's dictatorial rule, and the event became one of the defining moments in the Revolution that followed. -
Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizens
The Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizens is a document of the French Revolution and in the history of human civil rights. It explains a list of rights including, freedom of religion, freedom of speech, freedom of assembly and separation of powers. -
Women's March on Versailles
Women's March on Versailles was a crowd of women demanding bread for their families who gathered other discontented Parisians, which also included some men, and they marched towards Versailles. When they arrived they were soaking wet from the rain. -
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Reign of Terror
The Reign of Terror occurred to purge France of enemies of the Revolution and protect the country from foreign invaders. -
The Battle of Trafalgar
The Battle of Trafalgar was a naval engagement fought by the British Royal Navy against the combined fleets of the French and Spanish Navies, during the War of the Third Coalition of the Napoleonic Wars. -
The Battle of Austerlitz
The Battle of Austerlitz was one of Napoleon's most impressive victories and saw him inflict a crushing defeat on an Austro-Russian army, in the process knocking Austrian out of the War of the Third Coalition. -
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French Invasion of Russia
Napoleon invaded Russia with about 600,000 men and over 50,000 horses. His plan was to bring the war to a conclusion within twenty days by forcing the Russians to fight a major battle. Just in case his plans went wrong, he had his supply wagons carry 30 days of food. -
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Napoleon Bonaparte's exile to Elba
Napoleon was the Emperor of the French from 1804 until 1814. He was exiled to Elba after his forced abdication. He was allowed to keep a personal guard of sic hundred men. -
Napoleon Bonaparte's exile to St. Helena
After Napoleons defeat at the Battle of Leipzig, he retreated to Paris where he was forced to renounce his throne. The European powers exiled him to the island of Elba in the Mediterranean. -
Battle of Waterloo
The Battle of Waterloo, marked the final defeat of French military leader and emperor Napoleon Bonaparte. The Battle of Waterloo was fought as part of the Napoleonic Wars. Waterloo was a village to the south of Brussels in Belgium.