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Storming of the Bastille.
They people of Paris supported the Assembly’s proposals and they stormed the Bastille. The revolution spread to the countryside, where nobles’ homes were burnt (the Great Fear). -
Abolished feudalism and approved Declaration of rights of Man and the Citizen.
Recognised the rights, individual freedoms and equality of all citizens in law and taxation. -
Financial and economic crisis.
The financial crisis was caused by the monarchy’s lack of money. Louis XVI’s minister proposed that the privileged begin to pay taxes. The economic crisis was the result of a series of poor harvests since 1760. -
Women’s revolution.
Women demand the right to be represented in the States General and the right to vote.
Women’s march on Versailles. -
The National Assembly.
The representatives of the Third Estate met in a pavilion in Versailles and proclaimed themselves the National Assembly. -
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Constitutional Monarchy.
To became a Constitutional Monarchy they used the National Constituent Assembly. -
Constitution (political liberalism).
Based on separation of powers, national sovereignty and legal equality, though the king reserved the right of veto. Census suffrage was also introduced. -
Louis XVI fled Paris.
The Austrian army invaded France and Louis XVI fled Paris (Flight to Verennes). -
Women’s revolution.
First women’s club is founded.
A law gives women the right to inherit.
The Constitution denies women the right to vote.
Olympe de Gouges writes the Declaration of the Rights of Woman and the Female Citizen. -
Storming of the Tuileries Palace.
Common people stormed the Tuileries Palace and imprisioned the royal family. -
Women’s revolution.
Law authorises divorce and declares equal rights between espouses. -
Austrian army reached Paris.
The Austrian army entered France and reached Paris. -
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Social Republic.
The betrayal by the king and the military invasion led to the revolt by the common people.
A republic was declared and the second part of the revolution began. -
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The Girondin Convention.
The more moderate burgeoisie controlleed the Republic.
A new assembly was elected by universal male suffrage (National Convention). -
Execution of Louis XVI and Queen Marie Antoinette.
Louis XVI and Queen Marie Antoinette were convicted of treason and executed. -
Women’s revolution.
Women’s clubs are banned.
347 women are executed by guillotine during the Reign of Terror in Paris. -
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The Jacobin Convention.
The executive power was led by a Committee of Public Safety, which gave power to de Jacobin leader Robespierre. -
Fall of the Jacobins.
Many people opposed the dictatorial government, and a coup ended the Jacobin government. Robespierre and other Jacobin leaders were executed by guillotine. -
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Conservative Republic.
A new Constitution (1795) granted executive power to a collegial government, know as the Directory, and restored census suffrage. -
Constitution (political liberalism).
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Women’s revolution.
Women are prohibited from attending political assemblies and from gathering in the street in numbers greater than five. -
People in exile begin to return.
Jacobin laws were cancelled and exiles from the Reign of Terror were encouraged to return. -
Coup d’état by Napoleon.
Napoleon, in the war against absolutist powers organised a coup that ended the Directory. -
Napoleon was named consul.
Consulate’s rule began. This was a period of autocratic and authoritarian rule. -
Constitution of the new political system.
This constitution didn’t include the separation of powers or a declaration of rights. -
Conquest of Europe.
Napoleon began his conquest of Europe. -
Napoleon Bonaparte emperor.
Napoleon Bonaparte was crowned emperor by the pope. -
Napoleon emperor.
Napoleon was crowned emperor by the Pope. -
Victory at Austerlitz.
France’s victory over Austria and Russia at Austerlitz. -
French invaded Spain.
French invaded Spain and Joseph Bonaparte was made king. -
The zenith of the Napoleonic Empire.
The Napoleonic Empire extended from Germany to Spain. -
Failure of the invasion of Russia.
Napoleon failed the invasion of Russia. -
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Congress of Vienna.
Stablished the ideological principles of the Restoration. Such as the legitimacy and the denial of national sovereignty. -
The Holy Alliance Treaty.
Stipulated that the absolute monarchs would unite against any threat of liberal revolution. -
Imperial armies defeated.
Imperial armies were finally defeated in Waterloo by Great Britain and Prussia. -
Napoleon’s death.
Napoleon was sent into exile after the defeate to an island called Saint Elena, and he died there. -
Liberal revolution in France.
Ended the restoration of absolutism.
The movement began in France when Charles X was overthrown in July. Louis Philippe I became the new constitutional monarch. -
A revolt in Poland.
Tsarist army suppressed the autocratic rule of the Russian Empire. -
Democratic revolutions in France.
This revolution represented democratic ideals and the political importance of workers. It showed how the countries under the control of empires wanted to pursue the idea of nationalism and the creation of new liberal governments. In France, a popular uprising proclaimed the Second Republic. -
Liberal and nationalist revolutions in the Austrian Empire.
In the Austrian Empire, the revolt in Vienna (liberal revolt). Nationalist uprisings in Hungary, Bohemia, northern Italy and the German Confederation.
