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Treaty of Paris
Ended the American Revolution. Signed in 1783 by benjamin franklin and John Adams. Established a new United States country. -
Call of the Estate General
The legislative body of France up until the French Revolution. Was made up of different groups of people called "estates". These groups gave advice to the King, but had no real power. They got one vote per estate . The third and largest estate, made up of commoners, wanted to vote based on the number of members, so they didn't get outvoted by the smaller estates. -
Tennis Court Oath
The third estate declared themselves and some members of the other estates as the "National Assembly". There was a meeting held on the local tennis court, where the members took an oath to force a new constitution on the king which created checks on the kings power. They also took the oath to keep meeting until the King saw them as a legitimate government body. -
Storming of the Bastille
Bastille was a royal prison and fortress that had come to symbolize the tyranny of the Bourbon monarchs. This event signaled the beginning of the French Revolution. The storming was a way of rebellion against the government, to show that the people were fed up with the government's ways. -
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March on Versailles
7,000 women marched on versailles in order to prove a point. They wanted the King to know that they were starving, while the King was eating large feasts, and the working class had nothing. This march brought an end to the great monarchy of versailles. -
Execution of the King
He was executed by guillotine in the Place de la Revolution in Paris. He was executed because from the beginning he was unsuited to deal with severe financial problems. The way he tried fixing the financial problem caused him to be disliked by many people. -
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Reign of Terror
Everyone that was against the revolution or was against the ways of the National Assembly was executed by guillotine. This huge event was lead by Maximilien Robespierre. -
Execution of Robespierre
He was arrested by the National Assembly, after he encouraged the reign of terror. During that time he encouraged the execution, mostly by guillotine, of 17,000 enemies of the revolution. When he was arrested, he fled to a hotel where he attempted suicide. The attempt failed, so he was killed by guillotine with 21 other people. -
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Napoleonic Wars
The Napoleonic Wars were a series of conflicts fought between France and a number of European nations. The fighting was not constant in these wars. The warfare was to change and become more modern. By the end of the wars, the warfare was more advanced and modernized. -
Haitian Revolution
The primary leader of the Haitian Revolution was Toussaint-Louverture. He was a former slave and he made peace with revolutionary France following their abolishment of slavery. He conquered a spanish portion of the island and freed the slaves from there. -
Coronation of Napoleon I
He forcefully takes over france and crowns himself king. He does this with the intention to keep his nation from collapsing. He created the napoleonic laws, a system of French law, and established the French empire. -
Battle of Waterloo
This marked the final defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte. The british and the Prussian defeated Napoleon's forces. This marked the end of Napoleon's reign, declaring France no longer the dominant force in Europe. -
Mexico Gains Independence
Napoleon took over Spain, causing Mexico to break away from Spain. They were then recognized as their own independent constitutional monarchy.
