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Napoleon Bonaparte is exiled
After his offering to step down as a military leader was rejected Napoleon was exiled to the remote South Pacific island of St. Helena. There he was held captive and heavily guarded as a British Prisoner. -
Louis XVIII Takes Power
After Napoleon's expulsion Louis XVIII, brother of Louis XVI becomes King of France. -
The First Restoration
Marked the beginning of the return of the Bourbon dynasty. Was largely supported by Talleyrand, Napoleon's former foreign minister. Convinced Allied Powers of the need for a Bourbon restoration. -
Napoleon returns to Paris
Napoleon Bonaparte snuck past his island guards, an interception by a British ship, and returned to Paris where people and troops celebrated the return of their Emperor. -
Hundred Days
Before Napoleon's return, he was declared an outlaw by the Congress of Vienna and the Four Great Powers and the Seventh Coalition put 150,000 men together to end his rule. This would eventually lead to the defeat of Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo where he was then captured and permanently exiled back to St. Helena. -
The Second Restoration
Louis XVIII returns to Paris after the expulsion of Napoleon. Talleyrand and Fouche-(Napoleon's minister of police) ignite a Second Restoration. Sparked the Second White Terror, where supporters of the monarchy killed somewhere between 200-300 supporters of Napoleon and forced thousands to flee Paris. The culprits were a group known as the Verdets, consisting of ultraroyalists. -
Charles X Takes Power
Charles X leader of the ultra-loyalist faction sought out to give more power to the Ultras. After the Revolution, France was sent into a Christian revival and due to the ultraroyalists newfound power was stopped almost immediately by raising the status of the Roman Catholic Church once again. -
The Fall of The Restoration
In 1827, France faced a series of economic, industrial, and agricultural downturns that led to increased taxes, raised prices of products, and food shortages. During this timeframe, the Liberal population of France became increasingly dissatisfied with policies set forth by Martignac and ultraroyalist Polignac seeking to protect the limited protections of the Charter of 1814. -
The Four Ordinances
The Four Ordinances were decrees that were set to alter the Charter of 1814. They stated the...
1. Dissolution of the Chamber of Deputies
2. Restriction of the Press Laws
3. Restriction of the franchise to only the wealthiest within France
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July Revolution
The time period where Charles X was overthrown and replaced by King Louis-Philippe, and the rising of the bourgeoisie against the absolute monarchy of the Bourbons. France moved from one constitutional monarchy, the Bourbon Restoration, to another, the July Monarchy. -
Louis-Philippe and the House of Orléans
King Louis-Philippe used the July Revolution to ascend in power and ruled as "King of the French." The Second Republic was formed with the election of Louis Napoleon Bonaparte as President. In the French coup of 1851, Napoleon declared himself Emperor Napoleon III of the Second Empire.
