French Revolution

By 15kmcquate

  • France is in deep debt

    France is in deep debt
    pictureKing Louis XVI want to tax the Second Estate; they wont pay.

  • The Estates General meets

    The Estates General meets
    xIt has been about 175 years since the last one

  • The Revolution begins!

  • The National Assembly forms

    The National Assembly forms
    xIt is formed by the Third Estate; they swear the Tennis Court Oath

  • The storming of the Bastille

    The storming of the Bastille
    xThe Parisians take weapons and gunpowder.

  • The National Assembly adopts the Declaration of the Rights of Man of the Citizen

    The National Assembly adopts the Declaration of the Rights of Man of the Citizen
    xThis states the rights of man and citizens

  • The King and Queen try to escape Paris

    The King and Queen try to escape Paris
    xThey are caught and taken back. The French are angry at them.

  • Austria and Prussia give a warning to France

    Austria and Prussia give a warning to France
    xThey send a message that if they hurt the monarchs, then there will be war.

  • Mob storms the Tuileries Palace

    Mob storms the Tuileries Palace
    xMarie Antoinette and her children are imprisoned.

  • France is declared a republic

    The National Convention says that france is no longer a constitutional

  • The Reign of Terror begins

    The Reign of Terror begins
    xIt is unleashed by the Committee of Public Safety, led by Maximilien Robespierre.

  • King Louis XVI is executed

    King Louis XVI is executed
    xHe gets his head chopped off by a guillotine.

  • Robespierre and his followers are executed

    Robespierre and his followers are executed
    xThe Reign of Terror ends.

  • Napoleon tries to regain power in Paris

    He faces a mob of roayalists.

  • The National Convention writes a more restrictive constitution.

    Only male land owners could vote.

  • The French Revolution ends.

  • Napoleon takes control of the French government

    Napoleon takes control of the French government
    x

  • Napoleon invades Spain and Portugal

    Napoleon invades Spain and Portugal
    xthe King of Spain is imprisoned and the King of Portugal flees to Brazil

  • Napoleon tries to take over Russia

    He is forced to leave Moscow.

  • Napoleon again tries to invade and take over Russia.

  • Allies enter Paris in triumph

    They force Napoleon to surrender and he is exiled to Elba.

  • France recognizes Louis XVII as ruler.

    He is the the brother of King Louis XVI. Napoleon comes back to France, Louis XVII flees to Belgium in fear.

  • Allied forces defeat Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo

  • Napoleon is exiled to Saint Helena

  • Congress of Vienna meets to Redraw the borders in Europe