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Louis XVI hires swiss guards, the citizens seeing them believe King Louis XVI is going to attack the people. This leads to the people raiding the bastille for weaponry to fight back.
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Maximilien Robespierre gained power of the National Assembley as the Republic of France is created.
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After a year of ruling the people of France deemed Maximilien a terrorist due to the thousands of executions he had orderd.
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Royalists who were displeased with the National Covention began to rebel against it. Napoleon fixes the problem by defeating the rebels and by performing a counterattack
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Napoleon officially ended the Directory by intiating the consult which gave he essentially all power by being first consul marking the begining of his empire.
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Napoleon is crowned emeperor by the senate suring which Napoleon takes the crown from the pope and places it on top of his head.
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In response to Napoleon's conquest the third coalition began to gain strength. New members joined being the Austrians, and Russians.
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A series of battles against Austrian, and Russian military. Ultimatey leading to the Austrians to leave the third coalition
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The combined French and Spanish Navy are defeated by the British Navy, causing Napoleon to realize he couldn't take Britain by sea.
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Portugal didn't agree with the continental system plan by Napoleon leading to the penninsula war. This occured when Napoleon attempted to force portugal to comply and was attacked by the spanish.
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The French defeated the Austrian Empire, but suffered the first major defeat of Napoleon's career, leading to the undermining of French military superiority and the Napoleonic image.
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Napoleon's forces suffer a crushing defeat at the hands of the Russians, in part due to the Russian winter. The French captured Moscow before being forced to retreat.
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Napoleon is forced to give up his crown, and is exiled to the island of Elba.
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Napoleon escapes his exile to Elba, and returns to being Emperor of France.
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Napoleon is defeated by the army of the Seventh Coalition. He abdicates once more, and surrenders to the British, before being exiled to St. Helena.
