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Call of the estates generals
King Louis XVI was demanded to call a meeting. The third estate was the day to day average people. The second estate was the nobility, the people who were ranked beyond average. They first estate was the clergy, they were the people who believed in god and religion. -
Tennis Court Oath
The tennis court oath was a pledge that the third estate made. The third estate got locked out of their meeting so they moved it to an indoor tennis court and that is were the tennis court oath was made. King Louis XVI was a weak king and not much of a leader, he gave in and made the first and second estates help make a new constitution. -
Storming of the bastille
The Bastille was made in 1370's for the protection of English attacks. It was first used for as a prison from the state. People that were locked in the Bastille had most likely not been ordered from the King. July 13th some people began to fire at the soldiers and guards. On the morning of July 14th a rather impressive armed crowd circled around the Bastille, sooner or Later the crowd destroyed the Bastille. -
Declaration of the Rights of Man
The french representatives came together and put together the national assembly. The national assembly was a set of laws to try to keep everyone calm and to follow the same rules. They had liberty, equal, freedom of religion and speech, etc. -
Women march for bread
The price of the bread has been raised so the women get angry. The storm into the Kings and Queens Place and blame it all on the queen. They believe its her fault because she has so much money and spends it on big party's and dresses when they cant even afford a meal. They demand some sort of change. -
King Louis gets Executed
The people were very angry at the King. They arrested him and on trial he was proven guilty. They chopped off his head. After his head got chopped off his head got out on a stick to show everyone what they can do and to show that he is dead. -
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Reign of Terror
The reign of terror was a long bloody mess. They started to chop off heads and then eventually if you didn't agree your head got chopped off as well. Around 17,000 heads had been detached from their bodies, 300,000 people had been arrested and 10,000 went in prison without trial and died there. -
Reign of Terror
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Napoleon Takes Power
Napoleon first wife couldn't give him a male child, his divorce got denied so he became head of a church and got divorced. His second wife gave him a male child but unlucky him his one and only son died at a young age. Napoleons French empire included the Netherlands, Paris, Rome, Switz, kingdom of Italy. Napoleons french allies were the kingdom of Norway and Denmark, Kingdom of Russia, and the Australian empire. -
Napoleon Takes Power
