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British Leaves Yorktown
The British troops in Yorktown Virginia surrender and the U.S. wins it's independence -
The Estates-General Meets At Versailles
This meeting marked the start of the French Revolution -
Storming Of The Bastille
An angry mob attacked the prison known as the Bastille -
Women's March On Versailles
The Women's March on Versailles was an important event at the start of the French Revolution. It gave the revolutionaries confidence in the power of the people over the king. -
Trial & Execution Of Louis XVI
In late 1792 the National Convention placed the deposed king, Louis XVI, on trial for crimes against the French people. The deputies voted 387 to 334 for the king's execution. -
The Reign Of Terror
The Reign of Terror was a period of the French Revolution when, following the creation of the First French Republic, a series of massacres and numerous public executions took place in response to revolutionary fervour, anticlerical sentiment, and spurious accusations of treason by Maximilien Robespierre and the Committee of Public Safety. -
Fall Of Robespierre
The Coup d'état of 9 Thermidor or the Fall of Maximilien Robespierre refers to the series of events beginning with Maximilien Robespierre's address to the National Convention on 8 Thermidor Year II, his arrest the next day, and his execution on 10 Thermidor Year II. -
Napoleon Takes Control Of The Government
He took over the government with a coup -
Napoleon Becomes Emperor
Napoleon named himself emperor -
Napoleon's Continental System
A blockade against Great Britain -
Napoleon Invades Russia
Napoleon brought his army to invade Russia but they were defeated and Napoleon made it back but was forced to surrender -
Battle Of Waterloo
It was Napoleon's final fight that he loss -
Napoleon Escapes Elba
He disguised as a man on a boat back to france
