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Estate-General convened
France suffered from financial problems at the end of 18th century witch caused King Louis XVI create the Estates General. The Revolutionaries began to argue because the Estates General abolished all privileges of the nobility and the clergy this time became known as Terror due to so many deaths. Napoleon took advantage of this and took control of the country and later on became emperor -
Third Estate declares itself the Nation Assembly
This happened from June 17th to July 9th 1789. Third Estate declares itself the Nation Assembly its about representing the third estate to meet their own needs. The leader of all this was King Louis XVI. -
Storming of the Bastille
The storming of the Bastille was when a large prison in Paris named Bastille was storned and the prisionares were let out. It was all and action agaisnt the monarchy and the authority -
Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen issued
The Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen was a document established by the National Constituent Assembly at the beginning of the French Revolution -
Louis XVI executed
He is the only king of France ever to be executed. He was executed by the National Convention, found guilty of high treason, -
Maximilien Robespierre assumes leadership of the Committee of Public Safety
He dominated the Committee of Public Safety, he was known as the Reign of Terror, which ended with his arrest and execution in 1794. -
Robespierre is guillotined
Robespierre's extreme and violent response was the reason The Reign of Terror, and his actions eventually led to his downfall. On July 27, 1794 he was arrested and tried, then guillotined the next day. -
Napoleon Bonaparte seizes power
Napolean power grew when his army conquered much of Europe. After he seized so much power he crowned himself Emperor. -
Napoleon is defeated by the british at the battle of waterloo
Napoleon returned to Paris in March 1815. The Allies soon declared war once again. Napoleon's final defeat at Waterloo on June 18th marked the end of the Emperor's final bid for power, the so-called '100 Days', and the final chapter in his remarkable career.
