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French Revolution

By Kaileigh Sabatka
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    Moderate

    National Assembly turned France into a constitutional monarchy.

  • Estates Generals Meet

  • National Assembly is Formed

  • Citizens Storm the Bastille

    Citizens Storm the Bastille

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    Great Fear Sweeps France

    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.
  • Declaration of the Right of Man

    Declaration of the Right of Man

  • Poor women of Paris march on Versailles

  • Civil Constitution of the Clergy was Adopted

  • Constitution Creates a Limited Monarchy

  • Royal Family Attempts to Flee France

  • Royal Family Confined to Tuileries

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    Radical

    Escalated violence led to the end of the monarchy and the Reign of Terror.

  • Citizens Attack Paris Prison

  • France Becomes a Republic

  • Paris Mob Invades Tuileries Palace

    Paris Mob Invades Tuileries Palace

  • Louis XVI was Beheaded

  • Committee of Public Safety was Created

    Committee of Public Safety was Created

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    Reign of Terror

    Its purpose was to purge France of enemies of the Revolution and protect the country from foreign invaders.

  • Marie Antoinette was Beheaded

  • Robespierre is beheaded

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    Reaction

    Time against extremism, known as the Directory.
  • Third Constitution is Adopted

    Third Constitution is Adopted

  • Directory Takes Power

  • Napoleon invades Eqypt

  • Napoleon Becomes 1st Consul

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    Age of Napoleon

    Napoleon's conquests cemented the spread of French revolutionary legislation to much of western Europe. The powers of the Roman Catholic church, guilds, and manorial aristocracy came under the gun.

  • Concordat with the Catholic Church

  • Napoleon Becomes Consul for Life

  • Battle of Leipzig

    Battle of Leipzig

  • Napoleonic Code

  • Napoleonic Code Adopted

    Napoleonic Code Adopted

  • Napoleon Becomes Emperor

  • Battle of Trafalgar

    Battle of Trafalgar

  • Battle of Austerlitz

    Battle of Austerlitz

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    Napoleon Invaded Spain

    The Peninsular War was the military conflict fought by Spain, the United Kingdom, and Portugal against the invading and occupying forces of France for control of the Iberian Peninsula during the Napoleonic Wars.

  • Napoleon Retreated from Russia

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    Napoleon Invades Russia

    Started 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.

  • Napoleon Abdicates the Throne & Louis XVIII Takes the Throne

  • Napoleon Exiled to Elba

  • Napoleon Returns from Elba

  • Battle of Waterloo

    Battle of Waterloo

    Napoleon's final loss in the war.

  • Napoleon Exiled to St Helena

  • Napoleon Died