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Treaty of Paris
A treaty between Great Britain and The United States. This treaty ended the Revolutionary War. Also recognized American Independence. -
March on Versailles
The significance of this march on Versailles was a women's march. An angry mob of woman marched and this was a pivotal event in the intensifying French Revolution. -
Call of the Estate General
This event was called by Louis XVI. The Estates-General are a French Congress that originated in the medieval period and consisted of three estates. The First Estate was the clergy, the Second Estate the nobility, and the Third Estate effectively the rest of French society. -
Tennis Court Oath
Commoners and the lower clergy, meet on the Jeu de Paume, an indoor tennis court, in defiance of King Louis XVI’s order to disperse. They took a historic oath not to disband until a new French constitution had been adopted. -
Storming of the Bastille
This fortress was used by French kings to imprison subjects that didn't agree with them politically. This event was the start of the French Revolution and the eventual fall of the French monarchy. -
Execution of the King
King Louis XVI was executed by guillotine in the Place de la Revolution in Paris. Louis was forced to accept the constitution of 1791, which reduced him to a mere figurehead. Louis XVI's counterrevolutionary intrigues with Austria and other foreign nations was discovered, he was then trialed for treason. -
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Reign of Terror
This event began with the overthrow of the Girondins and the ascendancy of the Jacobins under Robespierre. foreign invasion and civil war, opponents were ruthlessly persecuted and c.1400 executed by the guillotine. This event also was a period of violence during the French Revolution. -
Execution of Robespierre
This event was when Robespierre encouraged the execution, mostly by guillotine. Robespierre was then arrested and executed along with some of his followers. -
Haitian Revolution
This revolution has been described as the largest and most successful slave rebellion in the Western Hemisphere. This event led to an independent nation. Slaves initiated this rebellion. -
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Napoleonic Wars
This time spam was a series of conflicts fought between France under the leadership of Napoleon Bonaparte and a number of European nations. They used different weapons. -
Coronation of Napoleon I
Thus event was when Napoleon Bonaparte was was crowned Napoleon l. Under the rule of Napoleon, they had a successful defeat at Waterloo against an allied force under Wellington. -
Battle of Waterloo
This event was a battle that took place in Belgium. This event also marked the final defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte. Napoleon’s forces were defeated by the British and Prussians. -
Mexico Gains Independence
Viceroy Juan de O’Donojú signs the Treaty of Córdoba, which approves a plan to make Mexico an independent constitutional monarchy.
