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The British troops in Yorktown Virginia surrender and the U.S. wins it's independence
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This meeting marked the start of the French Revolution
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An angry mob attacked the prison known as the Bastille
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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He took over the government with a coup
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Napoleon named himself emperor
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A blockade against Great Britain
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Napoleon brought his army to invade Russia but they were defeated and Napoleon made it back but was forced to surrender
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It was Napoleon's final fight that he loss
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He disguised as a man on a boat back to france
