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Meeting of the Estates General
Because of the bad financial situation of France, King Louis XVI agrees to the first meeting of The Estates General in 175 years. The 3rd Estate was locked out of the meeting. This was when the National Assembly was formed. -
Storming of the Bastille
The Bastille was a royal prison and enemies of the crown and gunpowder was kept there. Revolutionaries stormed the Bastille to take down the symbol of royal authority in Paris, free prisoners, and get gunpowder to arm themselves against the royal army approaching Paris. -
The Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen
National Assembly met and created this document to protect individual rights in the new nation. -
Women March on Versailles
Crowds of Parisian women, mostly strong fishmonger's wives storm the palace demanding bread for their families. After this, the royal family was brought to Paris. -
Attempted Escape to Austria by Royal Family
The Royal family tries to escape the Tulieries to Austria but get caught close to the border and arrested and brought back. -
King Louis XVI Executed
He was convicted by the National Convention after being caught trying to escape with his family from Paris, where they were forced to move to from Versailles. He was put on trial for conspiracy and treason and was decapitated. -
Beginning of the Reign of Terror
Robespierre, head of the Committee of Public Safety, makes terror "the order of the day". Anyone who is suspected of being against the new France is beheaded. Robespeirre equates virtue with terror. -
Maximilien Robespierre Executed
After many become upset with the amount of killing during the Reign of Terror, Robespeirre is overthrown after he withholds a new list of people suspected of being traitors to the National Convention. He and his allies were guillotioned the day after they were arrested, without trials. -
Creation of the Directory
The ruling body of France, consisted of five Directors, operated the Committee of Public Safety. -
France Sells the United States the Louisiana Territory
France sold approximately 828,000,000 square miles of territory fto the United States. Coming war with Great Britian and other problems led Napoleon to sell the land. -
Napoleon Crowns Himself Emperor
After Napoleon becomes a prominent military man, he solidifies his place in the public with a series of acts called Napoleonic Settlement. He establishes France with the papacy again and fixed the financial issues. He crowns himself emperor and tried to start the Bonaparte Dynasty -
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Congress of Vienna
An assembly that reorganized Europe after the Napoleonic Wars. It was the most comprehensive treaty that Europe had ever seen at the time. -
Battle of Waterloo
Final defeat of Napoleon. At this battle, Napoleon's forces were defeated by Prussia and Britian -
Napoleon's Second Abdication and Exile
After the Battle of Waterloo, Napoleon was exiled and abdicated a second time to the island of Saint Helena
