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Meeting With The Estates-General
The opening of the Estates General in Versailles also marked the start of the French Revolution. -
Tennis Court Oath
French Serment du Jeu Paume dramatic act of defiance by representatives of the non privileged classes of the French nation. -
Declaration of the Rights of Man
fundamental document of the French Revolution that granted civil rights to some commoners. -
Women's March on Versailles
It gave the revolutionaries confidence in the power of the people over the king. -
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Reign of Terror
It began with the overthrow of the Girondins and the ascendancy of the Jacobins under Robespierre. -
Execution of King Louis XVI
Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette were executed for reason. -
Maximilien Robespierre's execution
after a year of harsh rule by Robespierre the revolution leaders had enough and turned on him and arrested him. He was executed along with many of his supporters. -
Napoleonic Code is established
The Resulting Civil Code of France marked the first major revision and reorganization of laws since the Roman era. -
Napoleon Crowns himself emperor
napoleon proclaimed himself emperor and made Josephine Empress. -
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Peninsular War
sending an army to invade Portugal weakened the French empire because over 300,00 men were lost in the war. -
Napoleon and his men march on Russia
the Grande Armee led by Napoleon crossed the Neman River invading Russia. The results was a disaster for the French. -
Napoleon is exiled to Elba
abdicates the throne and in the Treaty of Fontainebleau is banished to the Mediterranean island of Elba. -
Napoleon dies
sic years after he is banished he dies from stomach cancer. -
Storming of the Bastille
A state prison on the east side of Paris was attacked by the angry and aggressive mob.