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May 5, 1789 meeting with the Estates-General
They decided to levy new taxes. The day they opened the Estates General, on 5 May 1789 in Versailles, also marked the start of the French Revolution. -
Declaration of the Rights of Man
It outlines the rights of the French people. -
Tennis Court Oath
The Tennis Court Oath was a pledge that was signed in the early days of the French Revolution, it was an important revolutionary act that portrayed the belief that political authority came from the nation's people and not from the monarchy. -
Storming of the Bastille
An angry mob stormed the prison known as the Bastille, they did this because the prison symbolized the monarchy's dictatorial rule. -
Women's March on Versailles
A riot formed by womens because of the price and avalaibilty of bread. -
Execution of King Louis XVI
King Louis XVI was brought to trail for treason because they found a secret cupboard that showed proof of Louis' counter-revolutionary beliefs and correspondence with foreign powers. -
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Reign of Terror
A period of violence and mass executions during the French Revolution. It happened to take harsh measures against those suspected of being enemies of the Revolution. -
Maximillian Robespierre's execution
Robespierre and a number of his followers were arrested at the Hôtel de Ville in Paris. The next day Robespierre and 21 of his followers were executed by guillotine in front of a crowd. -
Napoleonic Code is established
It codified several branches of law, including commercial and criminal law, and divided civil law into categories of property and family. -
Napoleon Crowns himself emperor
Napoleon crowned himself Emperor Napoleon I at Notre Dame de Paris he did this to gain prestige in international royalist and Catholic circles and to lay the foundation for a future dynasty. -
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Peninsular War
Between 1808 and 1814, the British Army fought a war against the invading forces of Napoleon's France because he was frustrated by Portugal's defiance of his Continental Blockade against trade with Great Britan. -
Napoleon and his men march on Russia
Napoleon and his men crossed the Neman River invading Russia from what is now Poland. The Russian army refused to engage with Napoleon and his men. -
Napoleon is exiled to Elba
Napoleon was banished to the island of Elba after his campaign in Russia ended in defeat. -
Napoleon dies
He got sick and died on the island of St. Helena where he was banished to.