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Convening the Estates General
It was convened with temorary set up in Versailles -
Tennis Court Oath
Oath was signed by 576 out of 577 in the Third Estate -
Storming of Bastille
Was also a prision in Paris -
Great Fear
The great fear went through July 20 to August fifth, Started because of lack of grains. -
Declaration of the Rights of Man
Defines all the rights of all the estates of realm. -
Womans March to Versailles
Woman rioting because of bread prices and how scarce it was. -
Flight to Varennes
The attempt of the King and Queen to flee Paris -
French Constitution of 1791
The creation of a French constitutional Monarchy -
Brunswick Manifesto
Threatening if the royal family was harmed, there would be consequences. -
National Convention
Elected to draft its constitutions -
Napoleon Bonaparte takes over
When Napoleon takes control -
Concordat of 1801
The Concordat of 1801 was an agreement between Napoleon and Pope Pius VII. -
Louisiana Purchase
Napoleon Bonaparte decided to sell the Louisiana Territory to the United States. It doubled the size of the young country and secured the much wanted port of New Orleans, and expanding trade for states bordering the Mississippi. -
Napoleonic Code
The Napoleonic Code is the French civil code, established under Napoleon in 1804. The code forbidden privileges based on birth, allowed freedom of religion, and specified that government jobs go to the most qualified. -
Napoleon becomes Emperor
Napoleon was a French military and political leader during the latter stages of the French Revolution. To help solidify himself as the undisputed ruler of France, Napoleon decided to go one step further than Consul for Life and had Pope Pius VII crown him Emperor of France. -
Battle of Trafalgar
Sea battle fought between the Spanish, the French and the British -
Continental System
It was a large-scale embargo against british trade. -
Peninsular War
War fought between the allied powers of Spain, France, Portuagual and the UK over the Iberian Peninsula. -
Invasion of Russia
It reduced the French and Allied forces -
Exile to Elba
When Napoleon was exiled to Elba. -
Battle of Waterloo
Battle put an end to Napoleons rule -
Exile to St. Helena
Island in the Atlantic Ocean Napoleon was exiled too. -
The Terror
The purpose of the Reign of Terror was to clear France of enemies of the Revolution and protect the country from foreign invaders. -
Directory
The directory was five Directors that held executive power in France following the Convention and preceding the Consulate.
