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Treaty of Paris
Benjamin Franklin insisted that Great Britain see America as an independent country and refused to consider peace separate from France. Instead of independence, Franklin agreed with Great Britain to end the war with the British. -
Call of the Estate General
King Louis XVI called upon the Estates, people of many important social ranks, to receive advice on how to fix the French government's financial problems. -
Tennis Court Oath
The third estate, authorities that represented the commoners and lower clergy of France, declared themselves the National Assembly and swore an oath to create a new constitution for the king. -
Storming of the Bastille
Bernard-René Jordan de Launay, the military governor of Bastille, requested reinforcements to keep the revolutionaries from bombarding the place. Gunpowder was sent to help guard Bastille. A large crowd of revolutionaries surrounds Bastille and Launay raises the white flag to surrender. -
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March on Versailles
An angry mob of women marched from Paris to Versailles in protest against the King and Queen. Paris was starving while Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette were feasting. The women were demanding bread for the citizens of Paris. -
Execution of the King
After being convicted of conspiracy with foreign powers, King Louis XVI was sentenced to death and executed by guillotine at the Place de la Révolution in Paris, France. -
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Reign of Terror
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Execution of Robespierre
Maximilien Robespierre was the architect of the French Reign of terror. He was overthrown and arrested by the National Convention. Robespierre encouraged his own execution by guillotine and a day after his arrest he and 21 of his followers were executed. -
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Napoleonic War
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Haitian Revolution
Jean-Jacques Dessalines led a revolt against the French in Haiti with the help of the British troops. On November 9, 1803 colonial authorities surrendered and a year later Dessalines assumed the power of dictatorship over Haiti. -
Coronation of Napoleon I
In Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, Napoleon Bonaparte was crowned king of France. He is the first frenchman to hold the title in a thousand years. -
Battle of Waterloo
The Battle of Waterloo marked the end of Napoleon's reign in France. Napoleon expanded his empire across Europe through wars. Napoleon's forces were defeated by the british and prussians in Belgium. -
Mexico Gains Independence
Eleven years after the breakout of the Mexican War of Independence, Viceroy Juan de O’Donojú signs the treaty of Córdoba, approving a plan to make Mexico an independent country.
