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Louis called the three state
Facing crippling debt, the monarch of France, King Louis XVI assembles the Three Estates. Louis wishes to raise the taxes on the citizens of France, but law states that he can only do so with the approval of the Three Estates. However, what Louis did not predict was that the First Estate and the Second Estate would vote to only raise taxes on the Third Estate. This angers members of the Third Estate, who represent over 95 percent of the French population. -
Storming of Bastille
The Storming of Bastille took place in Paris on July 14, 1789, fearing that King Louis XVI would be arrested. T National Assembly got a crowd of Parisians to raid a Bastile, which is a state prison, and they successfully executed their plan. This event became a symbol of revolutionary struggle. -
Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen
The Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen was about human liberty and one of the principles that inspired the French Revolution, formed by the assembly of the Estates General to create a new constitution and for it to be with a declaration of principles. There were 17 articles that each defended the rights of men. Article one is “Men are born and remain free and equal in rights. Social distinctions may be based only on considerations of the common good.” -
Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette's Attempts to Escape
The royal family was forced to return to Paris on the women's march. They were prisoners in a French mansion. Louis XVI got emotionally paralyzed because he was letting the queen make decisions. Luis and his family attempted to escape from the capital on June 21, 1791. They were later arrested while attempting to reach their destination. -
The Constitution of 1791
The constitution of 1791 was created on the 3rd of July 1791. It was created during the French Revolution. The constitution was a new structure for the French government since it limited the power of the monarch, it also limited voting for the people who paid their taxes. -
Louis XVI Executed
Louis XVI was found guilty of crimes that amounted to high treason and he was sentenced to death by guillotine. Louis's execution affected European history because there was no return for the french revolutionaries. It ended a millennium if french monarchy and it expanded the french revolutionary war led to a reign of terror and the beginning of the first French republic. -
Marie Antoinette Executed
The trial and execution of the queen of France Marie Antoinette, opened events of the reign of terror during the French Revolution, and was accused of a series of crimes, she was found guilty of high treason and executed on 16 October 1793. 10 months after her husband Louis XVI was executed -
Italy under Napoleon
Napoleon had most of Italy in the French Revolution. He broke up parts of Austria's holding, he set up republics, complete with new laws and abolition of old privileges. The new republics were satellite states of Napoleon France. They joined with the French by a personal union under Napoleon's authority. Napoleon was the emperor of french and king of Italy. -
The Napoleonic Code
The Napoleonic code influenced civil law codes around the world. Napoleon set out to reform the French legal system with the ideas of the French Revolution. Before the code french did not have a set of laws. The code was complete by 1801 but didn't get published until 1804, The code was a big change in the civil law system. -
Abdication in Spain
Napoleon's main focus was to enforce the continental system against the British. He focused mostly on the Kingdom of Portugal, which violated his trade prohibitions. Spain had political struggles and an economic crisis happening. In the 1807 Treaty of Fontainebleau, Charles IV allowed Napoleon's troops to cross Spain to attack Portugal. Napoleon then forced Charlie IV to renounce the throne. The abdication led to the Spanish War of independence. -
The Continental System
The continental system was a blockade made by Napoleon to block out Great Britain through the destruction of British commerce. The continental system hurt English industries and helped spur the Luddite protest movement that was happening in England. It damaged regions depending on overseas, and because of the system, the British had an overwhelming superiority at sea. England responded with the order in council that made France and all countries in alliance with Napoleon's counterblockade. -
Invasion of Russia
Napoleon's invasion of Russia also called the second polish war was a campaign undertaken by the French emperor. Napolean 1 and his 615k men went against the Russian empire. It was a defeat for Napoleon and one of history's deadliest military operations which had about 1,000,000 total deaths. -
Napoleon's Exile and Return to Power
Napoleon launched an invasion of Russia which eventually ended his troops. Retreating from Moscow, Europe went against him, Napoleon gave up and stepped down, but his offer was rejected. He was abducted and was then sent to Elba. He escaped Elba and returned to Paris and regain his supporters and reclaim his emperor title. -
The Battle of Waterloo
The Battle of Waterloo was the final battle of the French Revolution and it was the last battle Napoleon Boneparte ever fought in. The Battle of Waterloo was fought in Belgium. Napoleon’s French forces were outnumbered by the combined armies of the English and the Prussians, led by British officer the Duke of Wellington. When Napoleon was defeated, the French throne was once again given to King Louis XVIII. Napoleon was exiled to an island named Saint Helena where he died from natural causes. -
The Fall of Paris
Prussia and Austria were allied with France during the Russian campaign. When the organization destroyed Napoleans, Prussia, and Austria took that advantage and formed a coalition against France. Napoleon was defeated again, after the battle the pro-french German confederation of the Rhine collapsed, and Tsar Alexander I a Russian ordered the coalition force in Germany to cross to the Rhine and invade France. Napoleon could no longer go on with this strategy so he fell back on Paris.