Chapter 19 AP Euro By Bayne Y 1765 Britain Passes the Stamp Act 1774 Britain Passes the Coercive Acts 1776 Second Continental Congress adopts the Declaration of Independence 1783 Treaty of Paris ends the Revolutionary War 1787 US Constitution signed 1789 Third Estate declares itself the National Assembly 1789 Storming of the Bastille 1789 Estates General meets at Versailles 1789 Tennis Court Oath 1789 Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen 1789 The Poissades (Fish Women) March on Versailles 1791 Bill of Rights Added to Constitution 1791 Royal Family Arrested while Fleeing France 1793 Louis XIV executed 1793 Creation of the Committee on Public Safety 1793 Reign of Terror 1794 Robespierre Executed 1799 Napoleon Seizes Power 1800 Foundation of the Bank of France 1801 Napoleon signs the Papal Concordat 1804 Napoleon crowns himself Emperor 1804 Napoleonic Code 1806 Napoleon redraws the maps of Europe Period: 1809 to 1811 Height of Napoleon’s Grand Empire 1812 Napoleon Invades Russia 1812 Napoleon retreats from Russia Period: 1814 to 1815 Napoleon Exiled to Elba 1815 Napoleon escapes from Elba 1815 Napoleon Defeated at Waterloo and Exiled to St. Helens