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British leave Yorktown
On October 19, 1781, Charles Cornwallis surrendered his army of 8,000 men to Yorktown, giving up his chance of winning the Revolutionary War. -
March on Versailles, Storming of the Bastille and The Estates-General met at Versailles
Women protested to get the cost of bread lowered. An angry mob attacked the Bastille. The third estate formed a national assembly against the king's wish and acquired the other two estates to join. -
Trial and Execution of Louis XVI
Louis was brought to trial for committing multiple crimes and then he was executed for that. -
The Reign of Terror
a series of massacres and numerous public executions took place in response to revolutionary fervour -
Fall of Robespierre
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Napoleon took control of the Government
Napoleon took power in France and marked the end of the French Revolution and the beginning of Napoleon Bonaparte's dictatorship -
Napoleon becomes Emperor
He ended up crowning himself. -
Napoleon’s Continental System
meant to prohibit all trade, even by neutral countries, with Britain -
Napoleon invades Russia
launched by Napoleon Bonaparte to force the Russian Empire back into the continental blockade of the United Kingdom. -
Battle of Waterloo and Napoleon escaped from Elba
A French army under the command of Napoleon was defeated by two of the armies of the Seventh Coalition.