French Revolution

  • "What is the Third Estate"

    "What is the Third Estate"
    "what is the Third Estate" reminded the ordinary French people that they had been mistreated and it's time to take action and gain their rights. It is argued that Estate must be equal too or larger than the second and first estate combined. It's believe that voting should be by heads instead of order.
  • National Assembly

    National Assembly
    National Assembly was an elected legislature in France during the first part of the French Revolution. National Assembly was form without the king permission and it was formed by the Third Estate. The acts claim the prior of taxation law to be illegal and making promise to the institute new, in order to pay for french debt.
  • Tennis Court Oath

    Tennis Court Oath
    Tennis Court Oath was a meeting called by the government to the Estates General, the Estates member were the Clergy, Nobility, and commoners. but later the Third Estate decided to split. The group then was then weren't allowed to held their meeting at their regular place to they than held their meeting at a tennis court
  • Parisians storming the Bastille

    Parisians storming the Bastille
    The Parisians storming the Bastille was a symbol of the abuse of the monarchy, and the action signal the beginning of the French Revolution. The reason of the action was that the people wanted to overthrown their King and Queen
  • Declaration of the Rights of Man

    Declaration of the Rights of Man
    Declaration was organized by the National Assembly representing the citizen of French claiming their right and their believes that they have their right to be apart of how the country is ruled, that all men are born equally, and the right to liberty,property, security, and residence to oppression.
  • Bread March (Women March on Versailles

    Bread March (Women March on Versailles
    The bread march to the Versailles was held by the peasant women marching and breaking into the home of the King and Queen to take home breads for their hungry families. The rumor of the Queen hiding bread or Grain somewhere inside the palace was why they broke in the palace of Versailles
  • The Revolution enters its third stage

    The Revolution enters its third stage
    When the revolution enter its third stage it had moved away from the excesses of convection, moderates produced another constitution. It was a return to the moderate, some military success and citizen was desperate for popular leader
  • Legislative Assembly

    Legislative Assembly
    Legislative Assembly was a government body of France, it had replaced the National Constituent, citizen had overthrown their monarchy Barbour. Citizen was adopted as a permeable to the new constitution.
  • Radicals fight for power and declare war

    Radicals fight for power and declare war
    A group of working man and woman called the sans-culottes action pushed the revolution into more radicals action, they demanded a republic, or government ruled elected by citizens instead of monarch. Their actions had lead to the execution of the King and Queen.
  • Execution of a King

    Execution of a King
    Louis XVI was the last kind of France, he was executed for treason by guillotine along with his wife. They were to sentenced by the French convection
  • Reign of Terror

    Reign of Terror
    It was also known as The Terror, it was a period of violence that occurred after the onset of the Revolution, conflict between two rival the Girondin and the Mountain and a mass of execution of the enemies of the revolution 25,000 execution across France happened.
  • Napoleonic Code

    Napoleonic Code
    It was a french civil code, it was a main influence on the 19th century, it is still extant with revisions.
  • Napoleon Bonaparte Crowned Emperor

    Napoleon Bonaparte Crowned Emperor
    Napoleon proclaimed himself emperor, and the ceremony took place in Cathedral of Notre-Dame in Paris, with incredible splendor and at considerable expense. and he also placed his crown on his own.
  • The Russian Winter and Napoleon

    The Russian Winter and Napoleon
    Napoleon has formed a massive troop, and was ready to go to war with the Russians, and on their way to the Russian they were hit by a massive winter storm, which Napoleon blame the weather the reason why they were defeated. During the time soldier was very weak from starvation.
  • Battle of Waterloo

    Battle of Waterloo
    The Battle was fought between the French, Britain, and Prussians. This was the battle that Napoleon was defeated