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French Revolution
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Marriage of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette
Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette are married and shortly after become the King and Queen of France -
Calling of the Estates-General
In an effort to solve France's finacial problems, Louis XVI called the Estates-General, which had not met in over 100 years. -
The Tennis Court Oath
After being locked out of their meeting room, the Third Estate met in a tennis court and plegded not to leave until they had drafted a new constitution for France. -
The Storming of the Bastille
In an effort to aquire gunpowder to defend themselves, Parisians storm the Bastille, a prison in Paris. -
March on Versailles
A large group of women, angry over the rising price of bread, organized a march on Versailles which resulted in the effective imprisonment of Louis and Marie in Paris. -
Start of Reign of Terror
Robespierre instituted the Reign of Terror in order to defeat the internal enemies of the Revolution. -
End of the Reign of Terror
After the Festival of the Supreme Being, Robespierre is arrested and executed, ending the Reign of Terror. -
Coronation of Napoleon
Napoleon crowns himself Emperor of the French, in an effort to re-establish a hereditary monarchy in France
