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The Barricades was an uprising catholic event. Wagons blocked access at major points in the city.
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Louis XIV was born Sepyrmber 5, 1638. He was a monarch of the House of Bourbon who ruled as king of French until his death which was 1643.
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Monarchy became established during the 1700s.
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Napoleon took power in 1799 and installed himself as First Consul with his control of France.
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He became the leading figure of the revolution after his military campaigns in Italy and Egypt from 1796 - 1799.
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August 10, 1792: a mob marched on the Tuileries palace throwing the royal family in jail. Foreign interventions threatned the revolution.
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The revolution inspiring France was responsible for the French Revolution war. Economic problems were one of the main conflicts.
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An angry mob stormed the Bastille to gain weopans and killed the commander and begin the great fear.
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Large numbers of Parisians seige to the Bastille to get weapons such as muskets.
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The French people constituted as a national assembly. It considers that ignorance, neglect, or contemptof the rights of man are the sole causes of public misfortune.
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A Europeon movement of the late 17th and 18th centuries, individualism rather then tradition.
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Lasted until Napoleon took over France. France was engaged in war with Prussia and Austria.
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Created in March by the National Convention and then restructed in July 1793. Formed De Facto exucuted government.
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Its purpose was to act as a kind of executive committee. The election of Robespierre to the CPS in July 1793 was an important change.
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Rbespierre and Jacobin's focused on addressing economic and political threats with France. But turned into a bloody revolution.
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Was a period of violence of the French Revolution. The death toll range in the tens of thousands, with 16,594 executed by guillotine another 25,000 across France.
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The Directory was the government of France during the penultimate stage of the French revolution. The Directory became a kind of innefective dictatorship.
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Napoleon was a french military leader who rose to prominence during the french revolution. He dominated euorpeans affairs for almost two decades.
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He won most of his battles as an emperor. He studied at military schools as one of his famous accomplishments.
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In 1804 he was crowned emperor of France. He also made peace with the pope and the catholic church.
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Napoleon only focused on imperialism. He was victorious in most of his war battles.
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Napoleon was himself president 1802 - 1805. Napoleon passed away from stomach cancer in May 5, 1821.
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Originally called the Constitution of the fifth Republic. Charles De Gualle was the main force introducing the new constituion.
