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Estates General Meeting-May-June 1789
Was a meeting involving a three estates of France in palace of Versailles. 3rd E wanted 1E and 2E to pay taxes and 3E later got kicked out of meeting -
National Assembly founded
3E locked out of EGMeeting so they joined in a handball court and swore to net leave/stop meeting until new constitution was created. -
Tennis Court meeting oath
IN the National Assembly meeting the Tennis court oath was declared and the people of the 3E declared to fight for a new constitution. -
Storming of the Bastille
Bastille was a stone keep that imprisoned individuals and symbolized horror the people of France. 3E raided the Bastille to take gunpowder and symbolize the start of their Revolution. -
Declaration of the rights of man
Caused an end to tyranny and protected people declaring sovereignty belonged to them. It demanded a new constitution, equal rights and justice from laws. -
Legislative Assembly makes laws in France
was the governing body of France between October 1791 and September 1792. It replaced the National Constituent Assembly. 2. The Legislative Assembly was formed under the Constitution of 1791, which created a constitutional monarchy with Louis XVI as the head of state. -
Execution of King Louis XVI
convicted of conspiracy with foreign powers and sentenced to death by the French National Convention, King Louis XVI is executed by guillotine in the Place de la Revolution in Paris. -
Committee of Public Safety governs France
The Committee of Public Safety was set up on April 6, 1793, during one of the crises of the Revolution, when France was beset by foreign and civil war. The new committee was to provide for the defense of the nation against its enemies, foreign and domestic, and to oversee the already existing organs of executive government. -
The Reign of Terror
a period of remorseless repression or bloodshed, in particular Reign of Terror, the period of the Terror during the French Revolution. -
Dechristianization
A period that eliminated christians from france in order to weaken the catholic church in France from gaining power from people. -
Execution of Maximilien Robespierre
the architect of the French Revolution's Reign of Terror, is overthrown and arrested by the National Convention. -
The Directory controls France
The Directory was a five-member committee which governed France from November 1795, when it replaced the Committee of Public Safety , until it was overthrown by Napoleon Bonaparte in the Coup of 18 -
Napoleon takes over in a coup d’etat
General Napoleon Bonaparte to power as First Consul of France, and, in the view of most historians, ended the French Revolution. This bloodless coup d'état overthrew the Directory -
Napoleon signs Concordat with Catholic Church
an agreement between Napoleon and Pope Pius VII, signed on 15 July 1801 in Paris. It remained in effect until 1905. It sought national reconciliation between revolutionaries and Catholics and solidified the Roman Catholic Church as the majority church of France, with most of its civil status restored. -
Napoleon crowns himself emperor of France
during the coronation he snatched the crown from the hands of Pope Pius VII and crowned himself, thus displaying his rejection of the authority of the Pontiff. -
Napoleon creates the Napoleonic Code
French civil code established under Napoléon I in 1804. It was drafted by a commission of four eminent jurists and entered into force on 21 March 1804. -
Napoleon dies after he is banished to island of St. Helena
Napoleons final resting place after being exiled