The French Revolution by: Jacob S. & Jerimiah Taylor-Lewis

By Jacob Smith

  • The publication of the Leviathan by Hobbes

    The Leviathan was a book made by Hobbes, which was against the ideals of monarchy.

  • The publication of the Social Contract by Rousseau

    Social contract is the view that people's moral and/or political obligations are dependent upon a agreement among them to form the society in which they live.

  • Napoleon's Birthday

    When the future emperor was born

  • Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette are married

    King Louis XVI of France was married to Marie Antoinette of Austria to unite the two countries.

  • Louis XVI is crowned

    The coronation of Louis XVI

  • Napoleon joins the Military

    When Napoleon joins the French Military
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    The Formation of the National Assembly

    The National Assembly was a group created by the Third Estate in France because the First and Second Estates wouldn't let them have a vote.

  • Storming of the Bastille

    This was a violent attack on the fortress know as the Bastille, which started the French Revolution.

  • Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen

    This declaration defined the rights that all men should have.
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    Women's March on Versailles

    A group of women stormed the castle demanding for bread, but they would have settled for the Queen's head.
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    The massacre in Lyon

    The two sides started getting ANGRY with each other
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    The Terror

    When massacres and public executions occurred by the peasants.

  • Execution of Robespierre

    Robespierre had been taken to jail and then executed to stop the bloodbath from continuing.
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    Napoleon the Emperor

    Napoleon became Emperor during the French Revolution

  • The Invasion of Russia

    Napoleon made the biggest mistake he could have when attacking Russia. His troops went from as large as 600,000 to as small as 10,000, which caused his loss and first exile.

  • The Hundred Days War

    Also know as the Seventh Coalition, this is when Napoleon returned from exile on the island of Elba to continue his conquest

  • The Death of Napoleon

    Napoleon was exiled for a second time to the island of St. Helena, which is where he died from stomach cancer at the age of 51.