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Treaty of Paris
The Treaty of Paris ended the Revolutionary war, and was negotiated between the United States and Great Britain. Alongside Franklin, John Adams and John Jay engaged Britain. After months of negotiations, Britain finally signed the Treaty of Paris, recognizing the American independence and boundaries. -
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Reign of Terror
Robespierre, was behind the idea that execution would scare the people of France. Those who revolted, or supported the revolution were sent to be executed, to help prevent those from being successful. Anyone who crossed Robespierre, or went against anything of Robespierre's beliefs were put to death. Some of the victims were Marie-Antoinette, Danton, and even Robespierre himself. -
March on Versailles
Many women march from Paris to Versailles, demanding that the Queen and King give them the bread that they had been storing away for themselves. The mob of women the invaded the palace to capture the much hated Marie-Antoinette, however Antoinette escaped. Still swarming the palace, the women chanted Antoinette's name, and Marie emerged using her children as human shields to protect herself. With muskets pointed at Antoinette she stood there with her head bowed until Louis gave the bread away. -
Call of the Estate General
The Estate General, was the legislative body of the French government, which before the revolution had little to no power. The Estate General was broken up into three estates: The first being the clergy, the second was nobles, and the third consisted of peasants and servants. In 1789, the King called everyone together to vote of the financial aspect of France. However, everyone argued over how to vote, as a result the third estate formed together and started the National Assembly. -
Tennis Court Oath
In an act to rebel against King Louis XVI, the third estate formed The National Assembly. They all meet in and indoor tennis court, where they took an oath, to force a new constitution onto Louis XVI. Louis, yielded to the assembly and legalized them, however he had troops surround Versailles, and dismissed Jacques Necker for supporting the reforms. -
Storming of the Bastille
After the dismantlement of Bastille, by Parisians the start of The French Revolution was in arms reach. Launay, feared Bastille would be a target due to it being a strong military base. So, authorities ordered to have 250 gallons of gunpowder, sent to Bastille for protection. On July, 14th a mob attacked the fortress, but Launay and his men held them off. More and more Parisians kept returning, causing Bastille to be captured. -
Execution of the King
King Louis XVI, received the throne from Louis XV and in doing so he inherited many finical issues. When his plan of the States-General failed and Bastille was captured, Louis XVI accepted the revolution. Louis and and Antoinette were forced to move to Tuileres and then to Austria, because they were so hated. The two were captured and taken to Paris, where Louis was forced to accept the constitution. Soon after, the couple was arrested and put on trail, where Louis was convicted and was killed. -
Execution of Robespierre
Being behind all of reign of terror, Robespierre was eventually put to death by his own evil. The leader of the Committee of Public Safety, Robespierre executed over 17,000 of the revolution enemies. Robespierre was arrested, he fled to Hotel de Ville where he attempted suicide, sound after 21 of his followers and Robespierre were captured and executed. -
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Napoleonic Wars
The Napoleonic Wars, were a series of conflicts between France and powerhouses of Europe. France was often victorious, except when Napoleon tried to invade Russia and did not succeed. Napoleon also lost Spain because of the Peninsula War. -
Haitian Revolution
The Haitian Revolution, was a war fought between a French colony and France, over slavery. Toussaint, made peace with France and abolished slavery in Haiti until, 1803. Toussaint was arrested and killed, and soon after that Napoleon introduced slavery to Haiti again. However, that was shortly lived since the Haitian (with help from the British) defeated, France and became the second independent nation in the Americas. -
Coronation of Napoleon I
The first Frenchman to become an emperor in a thousand years, when Pope Pius VII handed Napoleon the crown. A great military leader, Napoleon defeated major powerhouses until he was exiled to the island of Saint Helena. He suffered from his first major loss, when attempting to invade Russia, and losing Spain to The Duke of Wellington. -
Battle of Waterloo
Took place in Belgium on June 18, 1815. This battle marked the end of France's dominance, due to the British and Prussians defeating Napoleon Bonaparte. Napoleon was conquering most of Europe, however he was blamed for the defeat and his military career ended shortly after. -
Mexico Gains Independence
With Napoleon controlling Spain, South American colonies, like Mexico began revolting. Miguel Hidalgo, a catholic priest started the revolution by issuing "Grito de Dolores." Spanish and Mexican royalist, brought independence upon Mexico. Agustin de Iturbide, negotiated with Vicente Guerrero to create the Plan of Iguala, under this plan Mexico became an independent constitutional monarch.
