French Revolution

By ekimmel
  • france is in debt

    france is in debt

    http://www.history.com/topics/french-revolution' >french</a> King Louis XVI tries to tax the second estate but the nobles refuse to pay.
  • King Louis XVI calls for meeting

    King Louis XVI calls for meeting

    KINGKing louis XVI calls for the Estates General to meet the following spring after a rough winter.
  • Third Estate proclaims National Assembly

    Third Estate proclaims National Assembly

    3rd estateThe Third Estate proclaims themselves the National Assembly; National Assembly swears the Tennis Court Oath.
  • The storming

    The storming

    storming the storming of The Bastille
  • Marie Antoinette

    Marie Antoinette

    <a href='http://chnm.gmu.edu/revolution/imaging/images1--14.html' >flee paris</a >King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette flee Parisin disquises, but are caught.
  • Austria and Prussia

    Austria and Prussia

    <a href='http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/219315/French-Revolution' >Austria and Prussia issue a declaration warning againsst harming the the french monarchs and hint that any such action would provoke war.
  • Tuileries Palace

    Tuileries Palace

    <a href='http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/219315/French-Revolution' > Mob storms the Tuileries Palace and throws Marie Antoinette and her children in prison.
  • National convention

    National convention

    <a href='http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/219315/French-Revolution' > National Convention declares that France will be a republic and not a constitutional monarchy.
  • Gailotine

    Gailotine

    g King Louis XVI exceted by guilotine.
  • The Reign of Terror

    The Reign of Terror

    http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/219315/French-Revolution# The Reign of terror is unleashed by the committee of Public Safety; led by Maximilien Robespierre.

  • Robespierre and supporters exectuted

    Robespierre and his supporters are exrcuted; the Reign of Terror ends.

  • Napoleon faced of mob

    Napoleon faced off against a mob of royalists trying to regain power in paris .

  • National convention

    National Convention writes a more restrictive constitution; only male property owners could vote.

  • Revolution Ends

    The French revolution ends.

  • Napoleon takes control

    Napoleon takes control of the French government.

  • Louisiana territory

    Napoleon sells the Louisiana Territory in North America to the United states.

  • Emperor of France

    Napoleon crowns himself emperor of france after a Plebiscite.

  • Independence from France

    Saint domingue (Hispanola) declares independence from France, names their new nation Haiti.

  • Invades spain and Portugal

    Napoleon invades Spain and Portugal; the king of Spain goes to prison and the king of Portugal flees to Brazil

  • Napoleon Dies

    Napoleon dies in exile.