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Period: to
The French Revolution(1789-1815)
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Women march on Versailles
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1790: the rise of the political clubs
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1790:Washington, D.C. becomes the national capital
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1791:the unsuccessful flight of the Royal family from Paris
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1796, napoleon’s campaign in Italy: defeat of the royalist in Vendée
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1799, War in Italy and Germany: Bonaparte returns from Egypt, the Consulate seizes power and the end of the Revolution
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1801: Jefferson-Burr tie forces election into House of Representatives
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1803: Lewis and Clark expedition to the Pacific Ocean
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1807: The Slave Trade Act is passed in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom by an overwhelming majority.
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1810: Louis Napoleon abdicates as king of the Netherlands
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1814: British burn Washington, DC, including the White House.
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1815: Andrew Jackson's victory over the British at New Orleans