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Period: to
french revolution
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Estates-General
a temporary estate. estate for the general public. -
third estate declares itself the national assembly
people trom the estates general formed the national assembly to try to run the country with or without the other two estates -
storming of the bastille
members of the national assembly tried to revolt and needed gun powder fro their rifles so they attacked the bastille to aquire it. -
declaration of the rights of man and citezin issued
fundamental document of the French Revolution, defining the individual and collective rights of all the estates of the realm as universal -
louis XVI executed
louis XVI was executed because he was the manarch of france and the people were revolting and they killed him so he could not regain monarchy -
Maximilien Robespierre assumes leadership of the committee of public safety
His supporters called him "The Incorruptible", while his adversaries called him "dictateur sanguinaire" (blood-thirsty dictator). -
Robespierre is guillotined
Robespierre is guillotinedb -
Napoleon Bonaparte seizes power
after robespierre is executed napoleon siezes power -
Napoleon is defeated by the british at the battle of waterloo
Napoleon chose to attack in the hope of destroying them before the Seventh Coalition and the Anglo-Allied army join in a coordinated invasion of France with other members of the Coalition. he had lost to britian