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French revolution
The Beginning of the French Revolution, 1789. King Louis XVI needed money. His financial crisis forced the French monarch to reluctantly convene the Estates General in order to levy a new land tax that would hopefully solve his monetary woes. -
Estates General Gather
In times when they needed to consult the people, they held the Estates General, a gathering of the representatives of the three estates. The First Estate was composed of the clergy, the Second Estate was comprised of the nobility, and the Third Estate was made up of commoners -
Tennis Court Oath
The members of the French Estates-General for the Third Estate, who had begun to call themselves the National Assembly, vowing "not to separate, and to reassemble wherever circumstances require, until the constitution of the kingdom is. -
Storming the Bastille
The people had been suffering food shortages and the weight of taxes used to pay King Louis XVI’s vast debts. They stormed the Bastille which is Medieval fortress, armory, and political prison in Paris. -
Napoleonic Code
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The Big Defeat
The French emperor raised a massive army of troops from all over Europe, the first of which entered Russia on June 24. “It was the most diverse European army since the Crusades,” Sutherland said. Napoleon’s goal was to win a quick victory that forced Alexander to the negotiating table. They must be pushed back into their ice, so that for the next 25 years they no longer come to busy themselves with the affairs of civilized Europe.”
