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France socially divided
France divided into the classes or estates. First Estate, Second Estate, Third Estate. (1700's) -
Period: to
French Revolution and Napoleon
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Tennis Court Oath
They made a makeshift conference room inside a tennis court located in the Saint-Louis district of Versailles (commune), near the Palace of Versailles. -
Fall of the Bastille
A medivial fortress in Paris. -
Declaration of Right of Man
Men where born free and given equal rights. -
The Civil Constitution of the Clergy
Bishop and Priests became elected, salaried officals. -
Battle of Valmy
First major victory by France -
King and Queen Excuted
Louis XVI excute for high treason -
Reign of Terror
Wars between the Girdondins and the Jacobin. The death toll ranged in the tens of thousands, with 16,594 executed by guillotine (2,639 in Paris), and another 25,000 in summary executions across France. -
Death of Robespierre
Trying to kill himself. -
Napoleon overthrows Directory
Otherthrows French directory, makes three-man goverment. -
Concordat
Napoleon consolidated pwoer by strengthing goverment. -
Napoleon becomes emperor
Believed he had the power to be emperor. -
Continental System
Europe closed ports to Britian.
