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National assembly is formed
only lasted for a month -
Estates Generals meet
involved all classes of the French people -
Citizens storm the Bastille
They didn't like the royal authority -
Great fear sweeps France
Was a wave of peasant riots and violence -
Poor women of pairs march on Versailles
women that wanted money marched -
Period: to
moderate phase
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Period: to
Concordat with Catholic Church
The people created a treaty with the church -
The National Assembly is formed
The Third Estate defied the king. -
Period: to
French Revolution
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Civil Constitution of clergy is adopted
adopted the civil constitution -
Royal family tried to flee France
Royal family wanted to leave -
Paris mob invades Tuileries palace
Tuileries palace gets invaded -
Citizens attack Paris prisons
the citizens feared counter revolutionists would rise up from the prisons -
France becomes a republic
The French Republic is formed -
Period: to
Radical phase
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King Louis XVI beheaded
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The Committee of Public Safety is created
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Period: to
Reign of Terror
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Robespierre is beheaded
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The Third Constitution is adopted
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French Directory takes power
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Period: to
Reaction phase
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Napoleon invades Egypt
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Napoleon becomes first consul
Napoleon crowns himself first consul -
Period: to
Age of Napoleon phase
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Concordat with Catholic Church
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Napoleon becomes first consul for life
a constitutional amendment made Napoleon the first consul for life -
Napoleonic code is adopted
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Battle of Austerlitz and Trafalgar
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Period: to
Napoleon invades Spain
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Napoleon returns from Elba exile
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Battle of Waterloo
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Napoleon sent to exile on St. Helena
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Napoleon dies
