TEN events of the Revolution

By Hao Li

  • Economic Troubles

    This caused alarm, particularly among the merchants, factory owners, and bankers of the Third Estate.

  • The National Assembly

    In a dramatic speech, Sieyès suggested that the Third Estate delegates name themselves the National Assembly and pass laws and reforms in the name of the French people.After a long night of excited debate, the delegates of the Third Estate agreed to Sieyès’s idea by an overwhelming majority. they voted to establish the National Assembly, in effect proclaiming the end of absolute monarchy and the beginning of representative government. This vote was the first deliberate act of revolution.

  • Louis Tries to Escape

    Louis Tries to Escape
    the royal family tried to escape from France to the Austrian Netherlands. As they neared the border, however, they were apprehended and returned to Paris under guard. Louis’s attempted escape increased the influence of his radical enemies in the government and sealed his fate.

  • France at War

    Austria and Prussia, for example, urged the French to restore Louis to his position as an absolute monarch. The Legislative Assembly responded by declaring war in April 1792.

  • Restoring Order at Home

    Napoleon did not try to return the nation to the days of Louis XVI. Rather, he kept many of the changes that had come with the Revolution. In general, he supported laws that would both strengthen the central government and achieve some of the goals of the Revolution.

  • Napoleon Crowned as Emperor

    Napoleon decided to make himself emperor, and the French voters supported him. As thousands watched, the new emperor took the crown from the pope and placed it on his own head. With this gesture, Napoleon signaled that he was more powerful than the Church, which had traditionally crowned the rulers of France.

  • The Battle of Trafalgar

    The battle took place in 1805 off the southwest coast of Spain. The British commander, Horatio Nelson, was as brilliant in warfare at sea as Napoleon was in warfare on land. In a bold maneuver, he split the larger French fleet, capturing many ships.

  • Conquering Europe

    Having abandoned Napoleon imperial ambitions in the New World, Napoleon turned his attention to Europe. He had already annexed the Austrian Netherlands and parts of Italy to France and set up a puppet government in Switzerland.

  • Revolution in Latin America

    The Latin American War of Independence emerged in the context of a series of revolutions, which were influenced by the American Revolution and the French Revolution

  • The Peninsular War

    The second Confederate attack on the southern capital of Richmond. The Potomac Regiment, led by Union General McClellan, passed through a peninsula consisting of the York and James Rivers and attacked Richmond.