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The first Estates General called since 1614 and happened because the French government was having financial problems.
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Members of the Third Estate vowed to never separate and to come together whenever the circumstances arose.
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A violent attack on the government by the people that started the French Revolution
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A wave of peasant riots and violence that swept through the countryside
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Revolutionaries wanted to spread the ideas of the revolution to more of Europe and thought that war would unify France
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Convicted of conspiracy with foreign powers and sentenced to death by the French National Convention
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A five-member committee that replaced the Committee of Public Safety
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Overthrew the government system under the Directory and substituted the Consulate
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After restoring peace, order, and unity to post-Revolution France, Napoleon declared himself Consul
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Crowned at the Notre Dame in Paris, Napoleon took control by crowning instead of letting the Pope do it
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Known as the Battle of Trafalgar, it was a naval fight between the British and the French and Spanish. In the end, the Horatio Nelson defeated them.
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It was an attempt to cripple Britain by blockading. He hoped to destroy their trade, economy, and democracy
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Invaded Russia from the Neman River, the Russians refused to engage in battle so Napoleon's army froze to death
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Spanish nationalism emerged in the Spanish War of Independence against Napoleon.
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Napoleon abdicates the throne and in the Treaty of Fontainebleau, is exiled to the Mediterranean island of Elba
