French Revolution

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  • On the Spirit of Laws

    a book by montesquieu that proposed the seperation of powers
  • Book industry (Enlightment)

    after 1750 the book industry rose because people began to read more.
  • National Assembly

    They voted to establish the National Assembly
  • Storming of the bastille

    represented royal authority in the center of paris
  • Roits

    thousands of Persian women roited over the rising price of bread
  • Louis Escapes

    The royal family tried to escape from France toe the Austrian Netherlands.
  • Execution of Louis XVI

    He was tried for high treason before the national convention and condemned to death by a majority, he was the first victim of the Reign of Terror
  • Commitee of Public Safety

    formed the de facto executive goverment of France during the Reign of terror
  • Reign of Terror

    Robespierre became the leader of commitee of public safety.
  • Execution of Robespierre

    known as the Reign of terror he was arrested and excuted in 1794
  • End of Terror

    Robespierre was sent to the guillotine and it ended his reighn of terror
  • Napolean becomes Emperor

    excuted his opponent, the Duc dEnghien
  • Napolean exiled to St, Helena.

  • Battle of Waterloo

    The defeat at waterloo put an end to Napoleon's rule as emperor of the french and marked the end of his hundred days return from exile
  • Invasion of Tuileries

    Prussian forces invades Tuileries imprisoning king louis