Revolutions

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  • Louis XVI crowned King

    Crowned king, terrible at it because he was indecisive.

  • American war of Independence Ends

    Global war that began as a conflict between Great Britain and her Thirteen Colonies.

  • Tennis Court Oath

    National Assembly vowed "not to separate, and to reassemble wherever circumstances require

  • Storming of the Bastille

    State prison was attacked by an angry and aggressive mob. The prison had become a symbol of the monarchy's dictatorial rule.

  • Women’s March of Verissa

    The market women and their various allies grew into a mob of thousands. Encouraged by revolutionary agitators, they ransacked the city armory for weapons and marched to the Palace of Versailles.

  • Execution of Louis XVI

    Killed by means of the guillotine, took place at the Place de la Revolution.

  • Reign of Terror

    A period of the French Revolution during which many persons were ruthlessly executed by the ruling faction.

  • Napoleon takes power

    The coup of 18 Brumaire brought General Napoleon Bonaparte to power as First Consul of France, and, in the view of most historians, ended the French Revolution.

  • battle of waterloo

    Marked the final defeat of French military leader and emperor Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821), who conquered much of continental Europe in the early 19th century

  • Revolutions of 1848

    A series of republican revolts against European monarchies, beginning in Sicily, and spreading to France, Germany, Italy, and the Austrian Empire. They all ended in failure and repression, and were followed by widespread disillusionment among liberals.

  • Napoleon's Exiled to Elba

    The Allies then invaded France and captured Paris in the spring of 1814, forcing Napoleon to abdicate in April. He was exiled to the island of Elba near Rome and the Bourbons were restored to power. However, Napoleon escaped from Elba in February 1815 and took control of France once again.

  • France declares war on Austria

    Revolutionaries wanted war because they thought war would unify the country, and had a genuine desire to spread the ideas of the Revolution to all of Europe, the Legislative Assembly declared war on Austria