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social contract
an agreement among the members of a society to cooperate for social benefits -
national assembly
legislature in various countries -
tennis court oath
french estates moved to a tennis court and took an oath not to separate -
bastille is stormed
parisian revolutionaries and troops storm and dismantle the bastille, a prison and fortress to symbolize tyranny -
declaration of the rights of the man
a list of rights, such as freedom of religion, freedom of speech, freedom of assembly and separation of powers -
women's march of versailles
the october march, an angry mob of 7,000 women marched in the rain in paris. -
1st use of guillotine
nicolas jacques pelletier, first person executed with a felon -
republican calendar
calendar implemented during the french revolution -
Period: to
the radical stage
republic (1792)
execution of louis xvi and marie antoinette (1793)
constitution of 1793 -
execution of king louis xvi
by means of the guillotine -
committee of public safety
political body of the french revolution that gained virtual dictatorial control over france -
robespierre execution
guillotined without a trial -
establishment of the directory
5 members, set up by the government -
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the directory
napoleon overthrows directory and becomes first consul of the consulate -
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age of napoleon
napoleonic code created
napoleon becomes emperor and revolution ends (1804) -
napoleonic code
french civil code established under napoleon -
napoleon becomes emperor
frenchman napoleon becomes the emperor in paris -
continental system
blockade designed by napoleon to paralyze great britain through the destruction of british commerce -
napoleon exiled
napoleon was exiled to elba -
battle of waterloo
a battle between belgium and the united kingdom -
napoleon's death
napoleon's death in the longwood house
