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Moderate Phase
The moderate phase of the National Assembly (1789–1791) turned France into a constitutional monarchy. -
Estates-General meets
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National Assembly is formed
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Great Fear sweeps France
Great Fear, in the French Revolution, was a period of panic and riot by peasants and others amid rumors of an “aristocratic conspiracy” by the king and the privileged to overthrow the Third Estate. -
Citizens Storm the Bastille
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Declaration of the Rights of Man
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Poor women of Paris march on Versailles
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Civil Constitution of the Clergy is adopted
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Royal Family attempts to flee France
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Third Constitution is adopted
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Constitution creates a limited monarchy
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Radical Phase
They were radical revolutionaries who plotted the downfall of the king and the rise of the French Republic. They are often associated with a period of violence during the French Revolution called "the Terror." -
Paris mob invades Tuileries palace
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Royal Family confined to Tuileries
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Citizens attack Paris prison
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France becomes a Republic
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Marie Antoinette is beheaded
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Louis XVI beheaded
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Committee of Public Safety is created
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Reign of Terror
The Reign of Terror, commonly The Terror, was a period of the French Revolution when, following the creation of the First French Republic, a series of massacres and numerous public executions took place. -
Robespierre is beheaded
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Reactionary Phase
The parliamentary revolt initiated on 9 Thermidor, year II (July 27, 1794), resulted in the fall of Maximilien Robespierre and the collapse of revolutionary feeling and the Reign of Terror in France. -
Directory takes power
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Napoleon invades Egypt
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Age of Napoleon
The Age of Napoleon Bonaparte lasted from about 1799 until 1815. It began with the Coup of 18 Brumaire that swept Napoleon to power. It then ended with his downfall and exiled to the rocky island of St. Helena in the middle of the Atlantic. -
Concordat with the Catholic Church
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Napoleon named Consul for life
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Napoleon becomes 1st Consul
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Napoleon Code adopted
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Napoleon becomes Emperor
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Battle of Trafalgar
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Battle of Austerlitz
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Napoleon invades Spain
On February 16, 1808, under the pretext of sending reinforcements to the French army occupying Portugal, French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte invaded Spain. Thus began the Peninsular War, an important phase of the Napoleonic Wars that were fought between France and much of Europe between 1792 and 1815. -
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Napoleon invades Russia
On June 24, 1812, the Grande Armée, led by French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte, crossed the Neman River, invading Russia from present-day Poland. The result was a disaster for the French. The Russian army refused to engage with Napoleon's Grande Armée of more than 500,000 European troops. -
Battle of Leipzig
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Napoleon abdicates the thrown & Louis XVIII takes the thrown
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Napoleon exiled to Elba
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Battle of Waterloo
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Napoleon returns from Elba
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Napoleon exiled to St. Helena
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Napoleon dies