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Absolutism and French Revolution
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The Monarchy
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Absolutism and the French Revolution
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First Traces Of The Enlightenment
The French philosophers comment about the results of the first scientific studies that tend to prove that the church is not, and that there is much more to life than what it's representatives believe. -
Constitution/ Declaration
Lafayette and Thomas Jefferson prepared the key drafts of the famous document. They drew heavily upon The Virginia Declaration of Rights as well. -
Napoleon Sent To Military Schools
Napoleon was sent to French military schools at Brienne and Paris. -
Napoleon Receiving His Commission
Napoleon received his commission in the artillery in the year 1785. After the outbreak he tried to join the Cortiscan patriots. -
Bankruptcy
The French monarchy found itself bankrupt and called representatives of the different classes of the realm into consultation upon the perplexities of the defective income and excessive expenditure. -
Revellion Riot
The Revellion Riots centered in the St. Antoine district of Paris where a factory which produced luxury wallpaper. -
Social Divisions Deepened
Estates- General finally met and social divisions deepened. Many publicly pressed for unity among the three orders, the differences between noble and commoner deputies only grew more irreconcilable. -
Storming The Bastilles
A mob of pair of citizens went to the Bastilles looking for weapons. And when they stormed the prison they killed the commander. -
Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen
The Declaration was finally approved by the National Assembly of France. They believed that the ignorance, neglect, or contempt of the right of man are the sole cause of public calamities and of the corruption of governments. -
Women's March on Versailles
The march began among women in the marketplaces of Paris who were near rioting over the high price and scarcity of bread. -
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Committee of Public Safety
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Committee Of Public Safety
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Committee of Public Safety
The French military commander and former minister of war General Charles Francois Dumouriez defected to Austria, following the publication of an incenidary letter in which he threatened to march his army on the city of Paris if the National Convention did not accede to his leadership. -
The Reign of Terror
The Reign of Terror was a period of violence that occurred after the onset of the French Revolution, incited by conflict between rival political factions, the Girondins and the Jacobins, and was marked by mass executions of "enemies of the revolution". -
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The Directory
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Napoleon Exiled
Napoleon was exiled to Elba. -
Napoleon Takes Power
Napoleon took power in France. -
Napoleon Ends Terror
When he took power, Napoleon began to help things around France. -
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Napoleon Became Emperor
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Napoleon Passes Away
Napoleon died of stomach cancer in the early 1820's. -
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The Republic