The French Revolution

By Evie_D6
  • Versailles is abandoned

    The king and queen run away from Versailles
  • guillotine is discovered

    the guillotine was discovered by joseph-ignace guillotine and it was used as a way to behead people in a quick, painless way.
  • king and queen make a run for freedom

    the king and queen were tired of versailles and the king didnt want to sign a document so they fled
  • danton inspires people to join the war

    danton wanted a lot of people to join the war so thay they could win
  • france puts own king on trial

    he went on trial because he was accused of destroying freedom and shutting down the estates general
  • the french republic is born

    napoleon created it and it was made from the fall of the monarchy
  • france declares war on austria

    they wanted war because they thought the governement would be easily overthrown
  • the sans-coulotte break into prison and start killing people

    they wanted the prisoners to die because they were in a higher class than them and they were jealous
  • louis xvi gets his head chopped off

    he gets executed from having so many casualties and his wife gets upset
  • the reign of terror begins

    a period of violence that occured after the french revolution
  • cordet stabs morot

    cordet stabs morot because she wanted freedom and for him to stop killing other people
  • cordet is executed

    she is executed because she killed morot and she was known as a hero for killing him
  • marie is jailed

    marie is jailed because she is accused of doing bad things including her son
  • marie is accused of incest with her son

    she is accused of incest with her son because she wanted him to be king and the people thought that was bad
  • the village attacks soldiers

    the villagers were fed up with the government so they attacked the soldiers of versailles
  • the crowning of empereor napoleon

    napoleon ripped the crown off of the kings head and put it on his own head
  • passing of the civil code

    a proposal to replace the personal laws
  • exile to elba

    napoleon was exiled to this because of his forced abdication
  • congress of vienna

    a conference of ambassodors of european states
  • 100 days

    napoleon arrived in paris after escaping from exile