Chapter 8 Timeline

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  • Parisian Workers Rioted

    Parisian Workers Rioted

  • Period: to

    The French Revolution and Napoleon

  • beginning of the french revolution

    beginning of the french revolution

    the beginning of a new united states and the beginning of the french revolution
  • Louis XVI called a meeting

    Louis XVI called a meeting

    of the Estates- General at Versailles
  • Third Estate declared

    Third Estate declared

    it was the National Assembly
  • The Oath of the Tennis Court .

    The Oath of the Tennis Court .

    Jacques-Louis David, a representative of the Third Estate, depicted its challenge of the king’s authority in his painting, The Oath of the Tennis Court.
  • Restoring French Monarchy

    Restoring French Monarchy

    European monarchs rally troops to restore French monarchy
  • The Revolutionary Calendar is introduced

    The Revolutionary Calendar is introduced

  • Revolts begin in Western France

    Revolts begin in Western France

    counter revolutionaries executed; anti-Catholic laws passed
  • King Louis XVII executed

    King Louis XVII executed

    Reign of terror begins
  • Committee of Public Safety

    Committee of Public Safety

    orders Robespierre’s execution
  • Law of 22 Prairial repealed

    Law of 22 Prairial repealed

    release of prisoners begins
  • Napoleon leads coup d’état

    Napoleon leads coup d’état

    topples French government
  • Napoleon invades Russia

    Napoleon invades Russia

  • Napoleon won at the Battle of Waterloo

    Napoleon won at the Battle of Waterloo