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French Revolution
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Estates General
Estates General consisted of representatives of the poorest segment of the French citizenry. -
Storming of the Bastille
A huge mob marched toward the Batille for gun powder and prisoners. -
Tennis Court Oath
The Tennis Court Oath was a result of the growing discontent of the Third Estate in France in the face of King Louis -
Great Fear
The Great Fear was when the peasants feared the Monarchy and Aristocrats. -
Decleration of the Rights of Man
document that provided the basis of the French constitution, which states the laws of the nation -
Womens march to Versailles
A large group of French women broke down the gates of Versailles and demanded bread. -
Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette's flight to Varennes
Louis XVI, Marie-Antoinette, their children and closest servants fled Paris in secret, hoping to reach the Luxembourg border and to join the Austrian troops there. -
Constitution of 1791
The Constitution followed the lines preferred among reformists at that time: the creation of a French constitutional monarchy. -
Brunswick Manifesto
As Prussian forces began their drive toward Paris, their commander, the Duke of Brunswick, demanded that Paris disarm and threatened to level the city if they resisted or if it harmed the royal family -
Brunswick Manifesto
Issued by Ferdinand and Brunswick. It stated that if the French Royal Family were to ever be harmed the civilians would also be harmed. -
National Convention
National Conventions are and electing process. -
Directory
A government where a two house legislature and an executive body of five men ran the country. -
Napolean Banopart takes over
Whn Napoleon took over he defeated Austrian and Sardinian forces. He was a very good leader but was eventually defeated by Lord Horatio Nelson. -
Napoleonic Code
It was issued my Napolean. The code gave the privileges based on birth, allowed freedom of religion, and specified that government jobs go to the most qualified -
Concordat of 1801
This was an argument between Napolean and Pope Pius VII. it stated that the Roman Catholic Church would be the majority church of France. -
Louisianna Purchas
France purchased a new piece of Land and called it Louisiana. The U.S. paid France around 15 million dollars to own the land. -
Napolean becomes Emperor
He established hegemony over most of continental Europe and sought to spread the ideals of the French Revolution, Due to his success in these wars, he has been known as one of the worlds greatest military commanders. -
Battle of Trafalgar
It was sea battle between the British Royal Navy and two combined fleets of the French and Spanish Navy. The British won. -
Continetial System
It was a large-scale embargo against British trade.It was the policy of Napoleon in his struggle against the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland during the Napoleonic Wars. -
Peninsula War
This was a war between France and its allies Spain, United Kingdomand Portugal over Iberian Peninsula. -
French Ivasion of Russia
It reduced the French and allied invasion forces to a tiny fraction of their original strength and triggered a major shift in European politics. -
Exile to Elba
After the Sixth Coalition defeated Napoleon they exiled him to Elba. -
Battle of Waterloo
An Imperial French army under the command of Napoleon was defeated by combined armies of the Seventh Coalition, an Anglo-Allied army under the command of the Duke of Wellington combined with a Prussian army under the command of Gebhard von Blücher. -
Exile to St. Helena
the British exiled Napolean to St. Helena where he spent the last 6 years of his life. -
Peninsula War
This was a war between France and its allies Spain, United Kingdomand Portugal over Iberian Peninsula.
