French Revolution

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  • France in Debt

    picture linkKing Louis XVI tries to tax the second Estate but the nobles refuse to pay.

  • Rough winter

    King Louis XVI calls for the Estates General to meet the following spring after a rough winter.

  • Declaration

    National Assemnly adopts the Declaration of the Rights of Man of the Citizen.

  • Revolution

    The French Revolution begins.

  • Bastille

    The storming of Bastille

  • Estates General

    First time the Estates General meets in approximately 175 years.

  • National assembly

    The Third Estate proclaims themselves the Mational Assembly; National Assembly swears the Tennis Court Oath.

  • fleeing

    King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette flee Paris in disguises, but are caught

  • warning

    Austria and Prussia issue a declaration warning against harming the French monarchs and hint that any such action would provoke war

  • Mob

    Mob
    Mob storms the Tuileries Palace and throws Marie antoinette and her children in prison.

  • republic

    National Con ventoin declares that France will be a repunlic and not a constitutional monarchy

  • Beheading

    pictureKing Louis XVI executed by guillitine

  • The reign of terror

    The Riegn of Terror is unleashed by the Committee of Public Safety; led bu Maximilien Robespierre.

  • another beheading

    Robespierre and his supporters are executed;The Reign of Terror Ends.

  • Napolean Royalists

    Napolean faced off against a mob of royalists trying to regain power in Paris.

  • New constituton

    pictureNational Convention writes a more restrictive constituton; only male property owners can vote

  • revolution ends

    The French Revolution ends

  • French government

    Napolean takes control of the French Government

  • North America Territory

    Napoleon sells the Louisiana Territory in North America to the Unitied States

  • Emperor

    Emperor
    pictureNapoleon crowns himself emperor of France after a plebicite

  • Independence

    Saint Domingue declares independence from France, names their new nation Haiti

  • Invasion

    Invasion
    pictureNapoleaon invades Spain and Portugal; the king of Spain goes to prison and the king of Portugul flees to Brazil

  • Russia

    Russia
    pictureNapoleal attems to take over Russia, is forced to leave Moscow

  • Russia again

    Napoleon attemts to invade and takeover Russia

  • Lezipig

    Lezipig
    pictureNapolean defeated in Leipzig

  • surrender

    Allies enter Paris in triumph and force Napolean to surrender and is exiled to Elba.

  • death

    death
    pictureNapolean dies in exile