French Revolution

  • Louis XVI calls Estate General

  • Tennis Coarth Oath

    its members of the third estate vowed not to separate until they had have a new constitution
  • Storming of Bastille

    when people attacked a prison in paris
  • Declaration of the rights of man and the citizen

    its a document of the french revolution that proclaims the rights of all people
  • Louis XVI Brought to Paris

    it ended the king’s independent authority
  • Execution of Louis XVI

    former King of France since the abolition of the monarchy
  • Committee of Public Safety created

    to protect the french revolution from internal and external threats.
  • The fall of the Girondins

    a faction within the French Revolution
  • The Reign of Terror

    was a period of violence during the French Revolution
  • The Death of Marat

    painting by Jacques-Louis David the artist's friend and murdered by a French revolutionary leader
  • Execution of Marie Antoinette

    she was executed by guillotine after being convicted
  • Execution of Dantonists

    they were executed by guillotine and being accused
  • Thermidorian Reaction

    a response to Robespierre’s increasing dictatorship and the excesses of the Reign of Terror
  • Robespierre executed

    a prominent figure of the French Revolution, was arrested and executed
  • Constitution of the Year III

    established the French Directory a five-member executive body
  • Napoleon saves the Directory

    helped save the Directory by suppressing a royalist uprising in Paris
  • Napoleon becomes First Consul

    overthrowing the French Directory and establishing the Consulate
  • Fall of the Directory

    with the Coup of 18 Brumaire, led by Napoleon Bonaparte
  • Napoleonic Code

    establishing principles like equality before the law, property rights, and freedom of religion
  • Napoleon crowns himself emperor

    symbolic act signifying his rejection of papal authority and the establishment of the first french empire
  • Napoleon defeated in Russia

    they marked the collapse of his Russian campaign.
  • Napoleon invades Russia

    Napoleon invaded Russia with a large army, but after a series of retreats and a major battle, he occupied the capital only to face abandonment
  • Monarchy Restored

    the return of the Bourbon monarchy in France after the fall of Napoleon.
  • Napoleon exiled to Elba

    Napoleon was exiled to Elba, where he retained the title of emperor, governed the island
  • Napoleon escapes Elba

    Napoleon escaped from Elba with 1,100 troops, setting sail for France to reclaim power