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All three estates of France would meet together to discuss problems and solutions. During this time, the third estate was "kicked out" of the meeting, which led to one of the causes of the French Rev.
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The National Assembly (previously the third estate) took this oath, vowing "not to separate, and to reassemble wherever the circumstances require, until the constitution of the kingdom is established."
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The Bastille was a prison in Paris, France. The Bastille represented royal authority, so the rebels stormed the tower (at the time, there were only 7 prisoners). This riot was a symbol of the abuse of the monarchy.
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Started when the women in the marketplace were outraged by the high prices of bread, their actions quickly became intertwined with the revolutionaries. The mob grew to a crowd of thousands, they gathered weapons, and stormed the palace of Versailles, where they successfully pressed their demands upon the king.
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Napoleon was a French military leader and emperor who conquered much of Europe in the 19th century. He rose quickly through the ranks of the military, and after seizing political power in 1799, he crowned himself emperor (1804). Napoleon was a skilled military strategist, and successfully waged war on different coalitions of European nations, and expanded his empire.
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The ambassadors of European states met at a conference called: the Congress of Vienna. The objective of the congress was to provide a long-term peace plan for Europe by settling critical issues.
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After a disastrous French invasion of Russia in 1812, Napoleon abdicated the throne two years later, and was exiled to the island of Elba. He briefly returned to power in the Hundred Days campaign. But after a crushing defeat at the Battle of Waterloo, he abdicated once again, and was exiled to the remote island of Saint Helena, where he died at 51.
