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(Enlightenment) Imprisonment of Voltaire
Voltaire is imprisoned in the Bastille. Critics embraced his epic poem. He spent a year in the Bastille -
(Enlightenment) American Revolution
Colonial revolt which occurred. The American Patriots in the Thirteen Colonies defeated the British in the American Revolutionary War, winning independence. -
(Monarchy) Louis XVI & Marie Antoinette
Wedding took place by the proxy in Vienna. Married at 15 and 14. Married from 1770-1793 -
(Monarchy) Louis XVI is Crowned
Coronation in June 1775. He married Marie Antoinette and was executed for treason in 1793 -
(Constitution) Tennis Court Oath
the members of the French Third Estate took the Tennis Court Oath vowing "not to separate and to reassemble wherever circumstances require, until the constitution of the kingdom is established." -
(Angry Mobs) Storming of the Bastille
The people of France raided the Bastille and took weapons. After, the Bastille was torn down brick by brick. -
(Angry Mobs) Women's March on Versailles
A crowd of women marching to Versailles and demanding bread. They were going after the queen. They caused riots and raided the bakery -
(Constitution) The First Constitution of France
Created after the collapse of the absolute monarchy of the Ancien Regime. -
(The Great Terror) The Murder of Marat
He was an outspoken politician. He angered certain people. He was in his medicated bath and Charlotte Corday stabbed him. -
(The Great Terror) Execution of Robespierre
He was sending everyone to the guillotine including his supporters and friends. He was finally captured and beheaded with 21 of his followers.
