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The consulate was, in its purest form, a republic, except that Napoleon still held absolute power.
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France was proclaimed a constitutional monarchy, while the National Assembly was dissolved and replaced by a new political body named the Legislative Assembly.
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dramatic act of defiance by representatives of the “Third Estate” of the French nation during the meeting of the Estates general at the beginning of the French revolution.
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When rumors spread about royal troops occupying Paris, many Parisians gathered outside the Bastille to demand weapons and gunpowder.
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It was a wave of riots and violence in France.
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women marched from Paris to Versailles, because they were fed up about the lack of bread and the raising of its price.
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Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette decided to leave France and seek refuge in Austria, hoping to eventually be reinstated on the throne as absolute monarchs.
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A crowd of about 20,000 thousand people attacked the Tuileries Palace.
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The National Convention put Louis XVI on trial, he was presented with 33 charges. After weeks of trial, votes condemned him to execution.
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The government decided to make “terror” by taking harsh measures in those suspected of being enemies on the revolution.
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The Constitution of 1795 established this five-man Directory and a two-house legislature elected by male citizens of property.
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Agreement between the Pope (Catholic church) and Napoleon.
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Napoleon crowns himself emperor
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At Waterloo Napoleon met a combined British and Prussian army under the Duke of Wellington and suffered a bloody defeat. This time, the victorious allies exiled him to St. Helena where Napoleon remained in exile until his death in 1821.
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After Waterloo, the Allies exile Napoleon to the island of Saint Helena, where he stays until his death.
