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July 1787 Comptroller-General Lomiene de Brienne, asked the Parlement du Paris to register the tax on property of all three estates. The Parlement refused and France entered a year of intense conflict between the royal government and the parlements. On July 5, 1788, with the government at a standstill, and in spite of his misgivings, Louis XVI gave in to the demands of the nobility and issued an edict calling the Estates General to meet in May 1789.
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The Third Estate was locked out of its meeting room as preparations were being made for a royal session of all three estates. Confused and angry, the delegates met instead at an indoor tennis court on the palace grounds and signed an oath not to disband until they had drawn up a new, fair constitution for France.
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The Reign Of Terror Ends when Robespierre was finally accused of Robespierre was finally accused of dictatorship and tyranny and evicted from the Convention. The members voted for his simultaneous eviction and execution, without allowing him to defend himself. The following day, Robespierre was beheaded infront of the people of Paris
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Napoleon takes charge after Robespierre's death.
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Napoleon crowns him self emperor and takes france under his power.
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Napolean a year after becoming emperor, went to war against Britain over sea.(keep in mind Napoleon is only great on the ground not over water) Napoleon lost and became very determined to come up with different tactics to defeat Britain.
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Napoleon decided to try weaken Britain by blockading them.
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Napoleaon trys to use this system to make an alliance, so no one would treade with Britain. This system was called the Continental System. No one listened to this system and it weakend France because they lost trade with Britain.
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Spanish get angry with France crossing through to attack Portugal. Spanish attack france. France is weakened greatly and is forced to send over extra troops. 300,000 men died in the war known as the Penninsular War.
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Portugal refused to be a part of the continental system. This made France angry and they went threw spain to attack Portugal.
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The Russian's did not participate in the continental system making france mad. When they arived for war the found the area burnt to the ground not leaving one resource or anything france could use. France lost the war.
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After his loses in Russia, the third coalition came after Napoleon. Napoleon tried to fight back, but the generals refused and banished him to the island of Elba as punishment.
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Napoleon escapes Elba and returns to fight the Third Coalition. He lost in 2 days
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After Napoleons defeat once again he was bannished to the island St.Helena where he lived for 6 years till death
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Died of stomach cancer like his father on the island of St.Helena
