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National Assembly
Was the name of the revolutionary assembly formed by representatives of Third Estate (common people of France). The National Assembly was created amidst the turmoil of Estates-General that Louis XVI called in 1798 to deal with the economics crisis in France. The three estates could not decide how to vote. The Third Estate declared itself the National Assembly, aligned with bourgeoisie and set out to develop a constitution. -
Storming of the bastille
The revolutionaries were the ones who stormed the Bastille that were were mostly craftsmen and store owners who lived in Paris. When they stormed it it was a prison and they raided it of the guns, and bread. Also their was around a thousand man that stormed the Bastille. Their were rumors that the Bastille was full of political prisoners. Their was around one hundred people killed during this storming. This lead to the event of over throwing King Louis XVI. -
Louis tries to escape
By 1791, 2 years after king Louis and Queen Marie Antoinette were forced to move to Paris, they decided that the have to escape. King Louis believed that most of people in the countryside were still loyal to him.
During their trip, Marie and Louis were apprehended at Varennes, France, and carried back to Paris. There, Louis was forced to accept the constitution in 1791. -
Execution of Louis XVI
On December 3, 1792, it was decided that Louis should be brought to trial for treason. Despite the last-minute efforts of the Girondins to save the king, Louis XVI was found guilty by the National Convention and condemned to death on January 18, 1793. He was guillotined in the Place de la Revolution in Paris on January 21, 1793. -
Napoleon Bonaparte became Emperor
On March 7, 1804, the Senate asked Bonaparte to be crowned as emperor. In order to keep an appearance of objectivity, a national plebiscite was held, the results of which were so positive that they hardly had to be falsified. Thus Napoleon became a monarch not by births but by the will of the people. Napoleon Bonaparte was crowned December 2nd, 1804 in Notre-Dame. During the ceremony, the Pope anointed Napoleon, who then put a crown on his head himself, after which he crowned his wife, Josephine -
Peninsular war
The Peninsular War was the military conflict fought by Spain, the United Kingdom and Portugal against the invading and occupying forces of France for control of the Iberian Peninsula during the Napoleonic Wars. Most Spaniards rejected French rule and fought a bloody war to oust them. -
Invasion of Russia
On 24 June 1812 and the following days napolian invaded russia hopping to stop trading of russia with the british merchants. The aim of this campain was to free poland from the threat of russia. Nappolian failed to concor russia. Because of desiese and his meathod of fighting. -
France Declares War on Austria and Prussia
European nations feared the spread of revolutionary fervor from France and were highly critical of the new government in France. April 20, 1972, France declared war on Austria in an act that saw the beginning of the French Revolutionary Wars. -
National Convention
French Convention Nationale, assembly that governed France from September 20, 1792 until October 26, 1795, during the most critical period of the French Revolution. It was elected to provide a new constitution for the country. The COnvention numbered 749 deputies, including businessmen, tradesmen and many professional men. Among its early acts were the formal abolition of the monarchy on September 21, 1972 and the establishment of republic on September 22. -
Louis XVI Moves to Paris
A large crowd from Paris marched to the king’s palace in Versailles (it is called Women’s March) to demand lower bread prices. . They blamed queen Marie Antoinette for their problems. They forced king and queen to move back to Paris. To safe his and queen’s life he agreed and went to live at Tuileries Palace in paris, never to return to Versailles. Louis and his family remained prisoners in the imperial palace in Paris.