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Louis XVI crowned King of France 1774
King Louis XVI, son of King Louis XV, was crowned King of France in 1774 -
Calling of the Estates General
This was a meeting where representatives from each estate come & discuss problems in which only the1st and 2nd estates got a say in it which resulted in the Tennis Court Oath -
National Assembly
The National Assembly was established by the 3rd estate citizens in order to seperate themselves from the 1st & 2nd estates to pass laws and reforms to the government themselves. -
Tennis Court Oath
Three days after the Estates General began and the National Assembly was formed, the 3rd estate was locked out of the meeting room at Versailles & decided to stay at the Indoor Tennis Court until their rights were established (The first act of the Frenchc Revolution) -
Attack on Bastille
The 3rd estate citizens were outraged by the Kings decisions so they invaded the Bastille prison in Paris to find gunpowder to defend the city -
The Great Fear
Peasants attack noble manors -
Women's march on Versailles
Parisian women led peasant men in an angry mob which forced The King & his Royal family to flee from Versailles -
Declaration of war against Austria
Revolutionaries wanted war because they thought war would unify the country -
The National Convention is formed
Convention abolishes monarchy and declares France a republic. -
King Louis XVI executed
One day after being convicted of conspiracy with foreign powers and sentenced to death by guillotine -
Reign of Terror
Robespierre's Reign of Terror ignites a bloody conflict in the French Revolution -
The Thermidorian Reaction
The death of Robespierre marked the beginning of the Thermidorian Reaction, a moderate phase in which the French people revolted against the Reign of Terror’s excesses. -
The Directory is formed
A New constitution was established forming the Directory -
Napoleon takes power
After seizing political power in France in a 1799 coup d’état, he crowned himself emperor in 1804 -
Napoleon Invades Russia
Napoleon wanted to teach Alexander a lesson about taunting his empire so he set out to invade Russia which didn;t go as Napoleon planned -
Napoleons defeat at Waterloo
Napoleon was defeated in Belgium against Duke Wellington who was commander of Belgian, Dutch, & German
