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Convening the Estates General
The Estates General allowed all 3 estates to vote together in the same room. -
Tennis Court Oath
The National Assembly pledged not to leave until a new constitution was written up. -
Storming Of Bastille
The people of the revolution stormed the Bastille, killed guards, and paraded around the streets with chopped off heads on pikes. -
Great Fear
There were rumors that nobles were paying men to terrorize the peasants, so the peasants broke into nobles homes and destroyed legal papers or burned down their homes. -
The Terror
Once the revolutionary spirit seized control of the people of Paris, people in surrounding areas began to demand cheaper bread and suspension of feudla dues -
Declaration Of The Rights Of Man
Declared freedom of speech, equal justice, and freedom of religion -
Women's March To Versailles
Women ransacked weapons from the city armory and rioted in Versailles over the high prices, and scarcity of bread. -
Louis and Marie's flight to Varennes
King Louis and his wife tried to escape Paris but were unsuccessful -
Constitution of 1791
Very first written constitution of France. This is what started the creation of a French constitutional monarchy. -
Brunswick Manifesto
The manifesto promised that if the French Royal family was not harmed, then the Allies would not harm French civilians or loot -
National Convention
the National Convention or Convention, in France, comprised the constitutional and legislative assembly which sat from 20 September 1792 to 26 October 1795 -
Directory
THe Constitution of 1795 is ratified -
Napoleon Bonapart Takes Over
In 1802, Napoleon forced a peace settlement with Britain, Austria, and Russia. He was a consol in an established government. -
Concordat of 1801
Was an agreement between Napoleon and Pope Pius VII that solidified the Roman Catholic church as the majority church of France. -
Louisiana Purchase
Louisiana was purchased for fifteen million dollars and became American -
Napoleonic Code
The code forbade privileges based on birth, allowed freedom of religion, and specified that government jobs go to the most qualified -
Battle of Trafalgar
This was a sea battle fought by the Brittish Royal Navy and the combined fleets of the French Navy and the Spanish Navy during the Napoleonic Wars. -
Continental System
Napoleon ordered French ships to attack any British Vessel in sight. -
Peninsular War
A war between France, Spain, the United Kingdom, and Portugal for the control of the Iberian Peninsula. -
Invasion of Russia
Major turning point in the Napoleonic Wars. It reduced the French and allied invasian forces to a fraction of their initial strength. -
Exile to Elba
Napoleon Bonaparte resigns the throne and is banished to the Mediterranean island of Elba. -
Battle of Waterloo
The French Empire is defeated by the Seventh Coalition and a Prussian Army. The Battle of Waterloo puts an end to the tyrant rule of Napoleon as the emperor of France. -
Exile to St. Helena
Napoleon Bonaparte is exiled to here after losing the Battle of Waterloo
