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French Revolution
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Marry Antoinette and King Louis 16 getting married
On April 19, 1770 Marie Antoinette and King Louis 16 were married by proxy in the Augustine Church in Vienna. Marie Antoinette left for France two days later. She crossed the border into France on May 7, 1770.On May 16, 1770, their French wedding was held at Versailles in the Chapel Royal. -
King Louis 16 becoming king
On June 11th, 1775 after his grandfather died, Louis August accessed to the throne and became Louis XVI. -
The american Revolution
The americans separated from britan and became a democracy -
National assembly being created
On 17 June 1789, one month after the Estates-General met at Versailles, the members of the third estate declared themselves to be the `National Assembly', since they represented at least 96% of the nation. They took sovereign powers in respect of taxation and decided to frame a constitution restricting the powers of the king. This revolutionary -
The national assembly
The third estate got tired of an unfair king and queen so they made a group called the national assembly -
The Tennis Court Oath
All the people in the national assembly agreed to me in the tennis courts everyday until the declaration of the rights of man was created -
Bastille being attacked
The third estate attacked the bastille for gunpowder for the revolution -
The creation of the declaration of the rights of man
The Representatives of the French people, organized in National Assembly, considering that ignorance, forgetfulness, or contempt of the rights of man are the sole causes of public miseries and the corruption of governments, have resolved to set forth in a solemn declaration the natural, inalienable, and sacred rights of man, so that this declaration, being ever present to all the members of the social body, may unceasingly remind them of their rights and duties; in order that the acts of the leg -
Bread march
Thousands of women marched 12 miles to versailles. They killed the guards and captured the king and queen. -
France becoming a constitutional monarchy
They became a contitutional monarchy after they captured the king and queen nd made them sign it. -
The royal family trying to escape
The royal family tried to escape to austria when the third estate rebelled. It ended with both of them getting their heads cut off -
France going to war with Austri and Prussia
The Austrian emperor Leopold II, brother of Marie Antoinette, may have wished to avoid war, but he died on 1 March 1792. France declared war on Austria on 20 April 1792. -
King louis 16 being killed
On January 20, 1793, the National Convention condemned Louis XVI to death, his execution scheduled for the next day. Louis spent that evening saying goodbye to his wife and children. -
The reign of terror
The Reign of Terror was a group of people exicuting anybody who was against the revolution -
Napoleon becoming leader of france
When he was just 30 Napoleon carried out a coup on the 9th November 1799 and made himself the ruler of France -
France becoming a dictatorship
When Napoleon overthrew france he became a dictator for it.
