French Revolution

By msweneyy

  • Napoleon abdicates, Louis XVIII takes throne (1755-1824)

  • Great fear sweeps France

    a period of panic and riot by peasants and others amid rumors of an “aristocratic conspiracy” by the king and the privileged to overthrow the Third Estate.

  • Estates-General meets

  • National Assembly is formed

    National Assembly is formed

  • CItizens storm the Bastille

  • Poor women of paris march on Versailles

  • Napoleon leads invasion of Egypt

  • Royal family confined to Tuileries

    Royal family confined to Tuileries

  • Declaration of rights of man issued

    The first step toward writing a constitution for France.
  • Period: to

    Moderate phase

  • Civil constitution of the clergy adopted

    Civil constitution of the clergy adopted

    Law passed on 12 July 1790 during the French Revolution

  • Constitution creates limited monarchy

    It retained the monarchy,
  • Royal family attempts to flee France

    Royal family attempts to flee France

  • France becomes a republic

    France becomes a republic

    the First Republic, officially the French Republic, was founded
  • Paris mob invades Tuileries palace

    Paris mob invades Tuileries palace

    a little more than three years after their attack on the Bastille, the people of Paris

  • CItizen attack paris prisons

    September massacre
  • Period: to

    Radical phase

  • Marie antoinette is beheaded

    Marie antoinette is beheaded

  • Louis XVI beheaded

    execution

  • Reign of Terror

  • Committee of public safety is created

    Committee of public safety is created

  • Robespierre is beheaded

  • Period: to

    reaction phase

  • Directory takes power

    he takes power over the throne
  • Napoleon becomes first consul

    Napoleon becomes first consul

    the government of France from the fall of the Directory
  • Period: to

    Age of Napoleon

  • Concordat with catholic church

  • Napoleon named consul for life

    the government of France from the fall of the Directory in the coup of Brumaire

  • Napoleon becomes emperor

  • Napoleonic code adopted

  • Battles of Austerlitz and Trafalgar

    Battles of Austerlitz and Trafalgar

    Naval engagement fought by the British Royal Navy against the combined fleets of the French and Spanish Navies
  • Napoleon's Army invaded spain

    Napoleon's Army invaded spain

  • Napoleon invades Russia, retreats

    Napoleon invades Russia, retreats

  • Napoleon returns from Elba exile

    Napoleon returns from Elba exile

  • Battle of Waterloo

    Battle of Waterloo

  • Napoleon is sent into exile, St helena

    Napoleon is sent into exile, St helena

    He was exiled to the island of Elba off the coast of Tuscany, and the Bourbon dynasty was restored to power
  • Napoleon dies

    Napoleon dies