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Where representatives of all three estates gathered to discuss the political and economical situations of France
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The 3 Estate representatives who want revolution form their own group
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The National Assembly vows to keep meeting until they wrote a new constitution
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The people tear apart the Bastille, and it's symbolic of the first successful revolt against the king
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A new constitution is written with more fair and equal rights
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Law making body with radicals, moderates, conservatives.
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Marked the beginning of the radical stage of the revolution
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12 people with Robespierre as the head ruled France during the Reign of Terror
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Weakening of the Church through renaming streets and changing the calendar, and other vandals.
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Where anyone suspected of not supporting the Republic was killed.
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The end of the Reign of Terror and the radical stage of the revolution.
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"Placeholder" government that ruled France and consisted of five people
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Napoleon returns from Egypt and uses troops to drive out most of the national legislative. He dissolves the Directory and becomes the first consul (out of three) and gains powers similar to a dictator.
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Napoleon and Pope Pius VII agree to have the Church reinstated as long as it has no control in national affairs.
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Napoleon decides the make himself emperor and the French voters supported him, and he becomes more powerful than the Church (the traditional crowned rulers of France).
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Napoleon created an uniform system of laws that limited liberty and promoted order and authority over individual rights (freedom of speech and press was restricted).
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After he is banished to island of St. Helena, Napoleon dies.
