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The French Revolution Begins
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The French Revolution
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Tennis Court Oath
The oath was signed by Delegates to the Estates General but memebers of the third estate were locked out so they made a confrerence room in a tennis court in St. Louis. -
Fall of Bastille
Parisans assembled around Bastille Prision demanding weapons and gunpowder. The commander refused to open the gates and he opened fire on the croud. They killed the commander and five gueards and released a small amount of prisioners but didnt come cross any weapons. -
The Great Fear
Rumors of goverment troops seixzing peasants crops spread and peasants took action. They unleashed their fury on nobles who were trying to reimpose midevil dues. -
The Declaration of Rights of Man
Listed man's natural rights to liberty, property security, and resistance to the oppression. It stated all men are "born and remain free and equal in rights." -
Women's March on Versailles
women in France were rioting over the high price and scarcity of bread. Their demonstrations became a part of the activities of revolutionaries who were seeking reforms and a constitutional monarchy for France. -
Civil Constitution of National Convention
A law passed that subordinated the Roman Catholic Church in France to the French government. -
Constitution of 1791
the Constitution setup a limited moarchy in place of the absolute monarchy that had ruled for centuries before. A new Legislative Assembly had the power to make laws, collect taxes, and decide on issue of war and peace. -
Declaration of Pilnitz
The king of Prussia and the emporer of Austria issued the Declarion of Plinitz which threatened to take action if necessary to protect the French Monarchy. -
Creation of national Convention
Comprised the constitutional and legislative assembly and it held executive power in France. Started by Maximilien Robespierre. -
Execution of a Monarch
The convention put Louis XVI on trial as a traitor to France. he was convicted and sentenced to dealth. He was beheaded in a public square in Paris, France. -
Constitution of 1795
Established the directory and a liberal republic. Similar to the constitution of 1791. -
The Directory
The constitution set up a five man directory and a two-house legislature elected by male citizens. It held executive power in France. -
Concordat of 1801
An agreement signed by Napoleon Bonaparte and Pope Vius VII which solidified the Roman Catholic Church as the majority church of France. -
Napoleon becomes a Consulate
Napoleon went from victorious general to political leader. Later that year he helped overthrow the weak Directory and establish a three man governing board called the Consulate. He took the title of First Consul and had himself named consul for life. -
Battle of Trafalgar
A sea battle fought between the British Royal Navy and the combined fleets of the French Navy and Spanish Navy. Twenty-seven British ships defeated thirty-three French and Spanish ships under French Admiral Pierre-Charles Villeneuve off the south-west coast of Spain. -
Battle of Austerlitz
Also know as the Battle of the Three Emporers, it was one of Napoleons greatest victories. The French army successfully defeated the Russian-Austrian army. -
Invasion of Spain
Napoleon replaced the king of Spain with his own brother, Joseph Bonaparte. Also he introduced liberal reforms that sought to ndermine Spanish Catholic Church. Spanish patriots conducted a campign of guerrilla warfare on the French keeping large numbers of french soldiers tied down in Spain. -
Invasion of Russia
Turning point in the Napoleonic wars. Despite his past revolts he continued to seek conquests. Alexander I of Russia resigned the Continental System so Napoleon assembled his Grand Army and invaded Russia. Little did they know, the harsh terraine and humongous landscape worked in Russias favor. Napoleons reputation of success was shattered by this defeat. -
Napoleon is Exiled to Elba
Russia, Britain, Austria, and Prussia defeated France in the Battle of the Nations at leipzig. Napoleon stepped down from power and he we was exiled to ELba, an island in the Mediterranean. -
Coronation of an Emporer
Napoleon changed his title to Emporer of the French. He invited the Pope to his coronation at Notre Dame cathedral in Paris. During the ceremony Napoleon took thecrown from the kings hands and placed it on his own head. -
Congress of Vienna
Various nations with conflicting goals gathered together to discuss the further invasion of Europe. While they were all distracted Napoleon used french gurad ships to return home from Elba. -
Battle of Waterloo
A French Army under the command of Emporer Napoleon was defeated by combined opposing armies in the city of Waterloo, Belgium. Napoleon was exiled to St. Helena and this time he would never return.. -
100 days
Napoleon was only exiled for 100 days to Elba after the disaster in Russia. While he was gone, his allies reassembled there forces and it led to the battle of Waterloo. -
Reign of Terror
About 400,000 people died in the Reign of Terror. Maximilien Robespierre was a key leader in the Committee of Public Saftey, a group that killed people who were against the revolution. They also began t get greedy and just kill people if they made one wrong move. The Terror lasted until July 1794.
