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French Revolution
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Estates General
The Estates General was called to find solutions to France's financial problems. -
Tennis Court Oath
When third estate created the national assembly. -
Storming of the Bastille
The peasants got angry about taxes and tore apart the Bastille with their bare hands. -
Great Fear
The period of time when everybody suspected anybody of offending the revolution and heads were cut off. -
Delaration of the rights of man
The first step toward creating a constitution for France. -
Womens march on Versailles
The peasant women were angry about the raise of bread prices so the demanded grain form the king. -
Louis and Maire's flight to Varennes
The king and queen's attemp to escape Paris in order to initiate a counter-revolution. -
Constitution of 1791
The second, short lived, constitution of France. -
Burnswick Manifesto
Proclaimation by Ferdinand saying that the Royal Family should not be harmed or he will destroy Paris. -
National Convention
It compromised the constitutional and legislative assembly. -
The Terror
A period of violence incited by the political conflict between the Girondins and Jacobins. -
Directory
Body of 5 directors that held executive power over France. -
Napoleon Bonaparte takes over
Was a general in the French revolution. -
Concordat of 1801
Agreement between Napoleon and the Pope the solidified that Roman Catholic Church as France's main church. -
Louisiana Purchase
A massive land sale that doubles the size of young American republic. -
Napoleonic Code
The code forbade privliges based on birth, freedom of religion, and government jobs go to most qualified. -
Napoleon becomes Emperor
Napoleon declares himself emperor and continues to reinvent aristocracy. -
Battle of Trafalgar
Sea battle fought between the French with the help of Spain. Britain won. -
Continental System
A large scale embargo ,insituted by Napoleon, against British trade. -
Peninsular War
War between France, Spain, UK, and Portugal for the control of the Iberian peninsula. -
Invasion of Russia
The French invaded Russia but then Russia tricked France and reduced their army to less than half the original size. -
Exile to Elba
Napoleon was exiled to elba after his forced abdication. -
Battle of Waterloo
French army fought Prussia and Prussia won. -
Exile to St. Helena
Napoleon's second exile and end of his reign.
