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The Estates General met at Versailles for the first time since 1614.
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Members of the Third Estate found themselves locked out of their meeting room. They went into a handball court, and refused to leave until a ne constitution was written.
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Citizens in Paris attacked the Bastille because that was where the gunpowder was stored.
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Rumors went around the countryside that nobles werepaying men to terrorize the peasants. The peasants responded by breaking into nobles' homes, and even burning some of them down.
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The National Assembly passes the Declaration of the Rights of Man which said that all men are born and remain free and equal in rights.
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A group of mostly women were angry about the rising prices of bread. They marched to Versialles and refused to leave until the king and queen came with them to Paris.
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Louis, Marie, and their children try to flee France, but are arrested in Varennes
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The king was forced to sign a constitution saying that France would become a Limited Constitutional Monarchy
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The Duke of Brunswick warned the people of Paris that if they harmed the royal family, Prussia would attack Paris.
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The National Convention abolished the monarchy and declared France a Republic.
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A period of violence during the French Revlution. Maximilien Robespierre was very influential during this time.
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A five man leadership system is put into effect, called the Directory.
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Napoleon forces the members of the Directory out of office, and is named one of three consuls.
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Napoleon and Pope Pius VII sign the Concordat of 1801 bringing the Catholic Church back into France.
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Thomas Jefferson sells Louisiana to Napoleon for 15 million dollars.
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Napoleon's code of law goes into effect, allowing freedom of religion and forbade privileges based on birth.
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Napoleon crowns himself Emperor of France.
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Napoleon loses a sea battle to the Britsih Admiral Lord Nelson.
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Napoleon sets up a naval blockade to stop British trade.
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Napoleon invades Portugal and they declare war.
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Napoleon invades Russia, but looses reducing his army to a fraction of their former strength.
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European leaders sign a treaty removing Napoleon from the French throne. He is then exiled to the Italian city of Elba.
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The forces of the French military were defeated by the Seventh Coalition and the Prussian Army.
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Napoleon is exiled to St. Helena after losing the Battle of Waterloo. He dies on the island.
