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Meeting of the Estate Generals
In late 1788 Necker announced that the meeting of the Estates General would be brought forward to January 1st 1789. The 3rd party decided to split off from the other parties. -
Tennis Court Oath
The tennis court oath is when the 3rd estate was locked out of the meeting hall so they held there meeting on a tennis court in the building next door to talk about in defiance of King Louis XVI’s order to disperse -
The Storming of Bastille
The medieval, armory, and prison where stormed on July 14 by the revolution to prove that they could take over france. -
Declaration of Rights
The Virginia Declaration of Rights is a document drafted in 1776 to proclaim the inherent rights of men, including the right to reform or abolish the government. -
March of Versailles
also known as The October March, The October Days, or simply The March on Versailles, was one of the earliest and most significant events of the French Revolution. The march began among women in the marketplaces of Paris who, on the morning of 5 October 1789, were near rioting over the high price and scarcity of bread -
Reign of Terror
A period of violence that was after the main part of the french revolution -
The Rise of Napoleon
French military leader and emperor who conquered much of Europe in the early 19th century -
Napoleon’s Empire Collapses
Napoleon's empire collapsed because of the Continental System, the Peninsular War, and the invasion of Russia. These events are widely viewed as three major mistakes that led to the weakening of his rule in Europe -
The Congress of Vienna
was a conference of ambassadors of European states chaired by Austrian statesman Klemens Wenzel von Metternich, and held in Vienna. The objective of the Congress was to provide a long-term peace plan for Europe by settling critical issues arising from the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars
