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LOUIS CALLS TOGETHER THE THREE ESTATS
Facing crippling debt, the monarch of France, King Louis XVI assembles the Three Estates. Louis wishes to raise the taxes on the citizens of France, but law states that he can only do so with the approval of the Three Estates. However, what Louis did not predict was that the First Estate and the Second Estate would vote to only raise taxes on the Third Estate. This angers members of the Third Estate, who represent over 95 percent of the French population. -
The Spark of the French Revolution
The occurrence happened when parisian revolutionaries and mutinous troops storm and dismantle the Bastille, a royal fortress and prison that had come to symbolize the tyranny of the Bourbon monarchs. The reason why the building remained as a symbol of royal tyranny because it held political prisoners. The gun fire being in the mid morning crowd gathered calling for the surrender
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The March on Versailles
On the morning of October 5, women were rioting in Paris marketplace over the high price and scarcity of bread.
This demonstration intertwined with the activities of revolutionaries, who were seeking liberal political
reforms. and a constitution monarchy. As plenty more women and men arrived, the crowd grew to more than
7,000 individuals. They began to walk 11 mile to the palace to confront King Louis because of there poor condition in Paris making the people angry. -
Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette's attempt Escape
During the time of the French Revolution Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette were unpopular and being more like target to get ride off. For this reason Louis XVI desperately wanted to get out of Paris and find a safe place out of France where he and his family can be save. Unfortunately that didn't happen and ended up being captured due to him having to many portraits of him recognize his face. The cause is Louis never intended
to fully implement the changes of the
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The Decoration of the Rights of Man
The inspiration of the document ideals came from American Revolution. The creation of this significant document was created by General
Lafayette, working at times with his close
friend Thomas Jefferson. This ideas tenets of the Enlightenment, including individuals are important, the social contract created by Jean-Jacques Rousseau. As well as the separation of powers espoused by
Montesquieu and spirit of secular
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The War of the First Coalition
The War of the First Coalition is serious of war that France had against the he Austria, Prussia, and the émigrés. The reason that this war happened was because National Assembly during that charged time of France saw the Declaration of Pillnitz as the beginning of the war, many radicals such as Jacques Pierre Brissot and Jean Paul Marat also used this to further their influence and eventually declaring war. At the end of the war France won and were able to establish a sister republic. -
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The Reign of Terror
The Reign of Terror was a time period that the French revolutionaries people called jacobin's created under the main influence of Robespierre a controversial figures that supported the guillotined. The guillotined was system to execute Patriots that supported the monarchy to rule France and threatened France's stability. It ended in Robespierre being beheaded in the guillotined with his 21 followers. Over more than 17,000 enemies of the Revolutionary die being publicly executed. -
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The 5 Man Dictionary
The Directory, a five - member committee that governed France but eventually failed to reform the disastrous economy, relied heavily on army and violence and represented another turn dictatorship during the French Revolution. Which was eventually overthrown by famous General called Napoleon Bonaparte that was making a new for himself in succeeding great victories for the French army during the French Revolution. The 5 man directory replaced it with the Consulate. -
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French First Campaign on Italy invasion
Bonaparte led his army forward to Italy but was outnumbered by his French army only having 38,000 men. While the Austrians also have the same number as the French army but had more due to them allies of Piedmontese. Bonaparte plan was to isolate the Austrians from the Piedmontese, the. Conquer them separately. Even with Austrians having allies they failed and Bonaparte demanded gold and silver and paid his troops the first real money. -
The French invasion Egyptians War
The second coalition began with the war of the French invading the Egyptians the French forces were lead by Napoleon. His Force knocked down the Force of ottoman and egyptians at the battle of the Pyramid's. This victory further more enhanced Napoleon popularity back in france. -
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The Second Coalition War
The second coalition was from of by Britain, Austria and Russia, and including the Ottoman Empire, Portugal, Naples. The one that was supporting the French was Spain due to Napoleon puting one of his family members to become king of Spain. The cause of the second coalition was inspired largely following the French defeat at the Battle of the Nile in 1798. Their goal was to contain the expansion of the French Republic and to restore the monarchy in France. The second coalition failed. -
The End of the French Revolution
The French Revolution time Period ended when Napoleon Bonaparte staged a coup d'etat, abolishing the Directory and appointing himself France's first counsel. Essential ending the Revolution and beginning a New era called Napoleonic ruling most of Europe continental. -
Establishing the First French Empire
The French Empire also known as Napoleonic France, was the empire ruled by Napoleon Bonaparte. This was possible due to Napoleon popularity as a general and him creating the France constitution lending power to himself. The constitution went forward and this was approved by the people leading him rule France for 10 years as first consul. Later on 1802 government gave Napoleon
the position of Consulate, not for ten years but
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French Empire Campaign invasion of Russia
The French invasion of Russia happened because of Czar Alexander I the Empire of Russia rejecting the Continental System that Napoleon had created. The Grand Army consistent of soldiers and staff featuring more than 500,000 soldiers making one of the the largest European military force ever assembled to that date. On September 14, Napoleon arrived in Moscow intending to find supplies but instead found almost the entire population evacuated, and the Russian army retreated again. -
The Turing Point of the French Empire
The turing point during the war of the French Empire invasion of France was the Russian soldiers called Cossacks were given the task of burning villages, towns, and crops to deny the invaders the option of living off
the land. Which made the soldiers of France have scatter supplies to survive and stated longer in Moscow. At end many French soldiers couldn't survive due to the lack of supplies and winter kicking lossing lot of soldiers on the way to France making France military weak. -
Napoleon's Exile
Due to failed invasion on Russia France military was weaken due to not having enough soldiers to launch another campaign against Russia or to defend france from the rest of enemies of the coalition. That He decided to better sign the Treaty of Fontainebleau, which stripped of his powers of French Empire and all of Napoleon’s
successors and family members were prohibited from attaining power in France. Which also exile Napoleon to a island called Elba a way of getting prison for life. -
Napoleon battle of Waterloo
The Battle of Waterloo was the final battle of the French Revolution and it was the last battle Napoleon Boneparte ever fought in. The Battle of Waterloo was fought in present day Belgium. Napoleon’s French forces were outnumbered by the combined armies of the English and the Prussians. When Napoleon was defeated, the French throne was once again given to King Louis XVIII. Napoleon was exiled to an island named Saint Helena where he died from natural causes a few years later.