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The monarchy
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Absolutism and & the French Revolution
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Louis XVI convokes Etat-general
Louis XVI convokes État-général on suggestion of former finance minister Jacques Necker, to hear grievances. -
Tennis Court Oath
Faced with financial crisis, the French Government called a meeting of the Estates General in May of 1789. The Estates General was made up of members of the First (clergy), Second (nobility), and Third (commoners) Estates and met at Versailles. During the following month, the First and Second Estate clashed with the Third Estate on a variety of issues, including the right to vote by head instead of by order. So the then establish the Tennis Court Oath -
Bastille was stormed
The Bastille was the prison in Paris, in which normal people broke into to get the guns and ammunition to go after the king and queen. -
The Great Fear
This was the Peasants Rebellion, there was fighting in the streets. Sections of the city were closed off of barricated to prevent troops from entering. The peasants even broke into nobles homes and burned records. -
Declaration of Rights of Man
This bill of rights was established, it is much like the Declaration of Independance. stood for Life, Liberty, and Property. -
Women lead delegation to the King in Versaille
Women lead a mob to Versaille to kill the king for bread, because the king was using all the money, and not leaving any for other people to eat or even live. -
King Vetoes Assembly's ruling on Emigres
The king pretty much said that emigrants were not allowed there any more. -
Louis XVI executed
The king was captured and beheaded. -
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The Reign of Terror
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The Committee of Public Safety
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Comander of the French armies
The new government, the Directory, promoted him to commander of the Army of the Interior in 1796. -
He Fails to take Egypt
Tried to take over Egypt, and failed completely. -
Catholic Church
Re-Recognized the Catholic Church as the official religion of France once again. -
Nopolean Code
The first modern legal code to be adopted with a pan-European scope, and it strongly influenced the law of many of the countries formed during and after the Napoleonic Wars. The code forbade privileges based on birth, allowed freedom of religion, and specified that government jobs should go to the most qualified. -
Exiled to Elba
Shipped to Elba, but was able to remain as king of France. -
2nd Exile
The European powers were not going to take any chances on Napoleon's possible return. They exiled him to the island of St. Helena - a barren, wind-swept rock located in the South Atlantic Ocean. There he died in 1821.
