French Revolution/Age of Napoleon

  • tennis court oath

    dramatic act of defiance by representatives of the nonprivileged classes of the French nation
  • Storming of the Bastille

    a prison was attacked by a mob
  • may 5, 1789 meeting with Estates General

    The heads each estate of France met to discuss issues in their lives. Beacuse nothing was accomplished, the 3rd Estate left the governments to make their own government.
  • Execution of King Louis XVI

    was guillotined in the Place de la Révolution
  • Reign of terror

    The Reign of Terror was a period where many first, second and third estate members were targeted. as a result, paranoia and mistrust spread across the people of France
  • Maximillian Robespierre's execution

    many of the revolutionary leaders had had enough of the Terror. They turned on Robespierre and had him arrested. He was executed, along with many of his supporters, by guillotine on
  • Napoleonic Code is established

    It codified several branches of law, including commercial and criminal law, and divided civil law into categories of property and family.
  • Napoleon Crowns himself emperor

    Napoleon proclaimed himself emperor, and made Josephine Empress.
  • Declaration of the Rights of Man

    a fundamental document of the French Revolution that granted civil rights to some commoners, although it excluded a significant segment of the French population.
  • Women's March on Versailles

    one of the earliest and most significant events of the French Revolution