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Napoleon was born in 1769 in Corsica.
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Bad harvests and slowing in manufacturing led to lots of food shortages, rising prices of food, and unemployment.
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Louis XVI was forced to call an Estates-General meeting at Versailles after the budget went into crisis.
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The Third Estate declared it was a National Assembly and began working on a constitution.
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The deputies arrived to begin drafting the constitution, but the doors were locked. They moved to a nearby tennis court and swore to continue meeting until the constitution was finished. The oath was called the Tennis Court Oath.
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The National Assembly adopted the Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen.
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The new constitution set up a limited constitution, there was still a king but the Legislative Assembly made the laws.
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The Legislative Assembly declared war on Austria in the spring after threats from the rulers of Austria and Prussia.
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Paris declared itself a commune and organized an attack on the royal palace and Legislative Assembly.
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By August in 1792, the monarchy was over
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The National Convention began meeting. They were the ruling body of France and would begin drafting a new constitution.
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The New Calendar was numbered based on September 22, 1792(the first day of the French Republic), it had 12 months, 3 10-day weeks/month, and the months' names referred to agriculture and climate.
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The Committee of Public Safety took control of the government and adopted policies known as the Reign of Terror.
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On January 21, the king was killed by a guillotine. His death created new enemies, from both home and abroad.
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The Revolutionary Army had over a million soldiers and it was able to push invaders back over the Rhine and conquered the Austrian Netherlands.
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The Law of Prairial was passed. It gave Robespierre more power to arrest and execute his enemies.
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The Convention feared Robespierre and planned an execution, he was guillotined on July 28, 1794.
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The Directory was a committee of 5, it became known for corruption.
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Napoleon became the commander of the French armies in Italy, after working as a lieutenant and brigadier general.
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Napoleon defeated the armies of the Papel States and their Austrian allies.
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Napoleon overthrew the Directory and seized power.
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In 1801, Napoleon made an agreement with the Pope that stated Catholicism as a major religion in France, and in return the Pope wouldn't ask for any of the previously seized Church land back.
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War with Britain broke out again, and Britain joined forces with Austria, Russia, Sweden, and Prussia.
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Napoleon had hoped to invade Britain, but Britain defeated the French-Spanish fleet at Trafalgar. His plans were destroyed.
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A series of battles broke out at Ulm, Austerlitz, Jena and Eylau.
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Napoleon was the master of Europe.
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Napoleon had created 3200 new nobles.
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Even though Napoleon had tried to stop Britain from trading with France, his people resented the idea, and eventually, Britain's overseas exports were record high.
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Napoleon's downfall began when he decided to invade Russia. He built a Grand Army of 600,000 men. The Russians retreated, burning all their villages to the ground as they went, leaving the soldiers with little to no food.
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As winter began thousands of soldiers began to freeze or starve to death. In January only 40,000 soldiers returned to Poland.
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Paris was captured in March, due to military disaster, and Napoleon was exiled to the island of Elba. Louis XVIII came to power and restored the monarchy.
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Napoleon snuck back into Europe, troops were sent to capture him, but no one fired. He returned to Paris in triumph.
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Napoleon raised an army to invade Belgium, he met a combined British and Prussian army under the Duke of Wellington. He suffered a bloody defeat in Waterloo.
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Napoleon was exiled to the island of St. Helena. He remained there until his death in 1821.
