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treaty of paris
The Treaty of Paris was negotiated between Great Britain and the United States. This treaty recognized the independence of the United States. -
march on versailles
Mahy people marched (mostly women) also known as the October march, they marched because of unfair treatment from the government -
call in of the estate general
After assessing the situation, Necker insisted that Louis XVI call together the Estates-General, a French congress that originated in the medieval period and consisted of three estates. -
tennis court oath
"not to separate, and to reassemble wherever circumstances require, until the constitution of the kingdom is established". -
storming of the bastille
a state prison on the east side of Paris, known as the Bastille, was attacked by an angry and aggressive mob. -
execution of the king
The execution of Louis XVI -
reign of terror
the period of the French Revolution from September 5, 1793, to July 27, 1794 (9 Thermidor, year II). With civil war spreading from the Vendée and hostile armies surrounding France -
Execution of Robespierre
The same day, 28 July 1794, in the afternoon, Robespierre was guillotined without trial in the Place de la Révolution. -
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Napoleonic Wars
The Napoleonic Wars were a series of major conflicts pitting the French Empire and its allies, led by Napoleon I, against a fluctuating array of European powers formed into various coalitions, financed and usually led by the United Kingdom. -
haitian revolution
The Haitian Revolution was a successful anti-slavery and anti-colonial insurrection by self-liberated slaves against French colonial rule in Saint-Domingue, now the sovereign nation of Haiti -
Coronation of Napoleon I
The Coronation of Napoleon is a painting completed in 1807 by Jacques-Louis David -
Battle of Waterloo
marked the final defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte, -
Mexico Gains Independence
The Mexican War of Independence was an armed conflict, and the culmination of a political and social process which ended the rule of Spain in 1821 in the territory of New Spain.
