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French Revolution

  • Citizens storm the Bastille

    Citizens storm the Bastille

  • Declaration of the Rights of Man

    Declaration of the Rights of Man

  • National Assembly is formed

    National Assembly is formed

  • Poor women of Paris march on Versailles

  • Great Fear sweeps France

  • Estates-General meets

    Estates-General meets

    The Estates-General of 1789 was the first meeting since 1614 of the French Estates-General, a general assembly representing the French estates of the realm.
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    Moderate Phase

    Turned France into a constitutional monarchy.
  • Civil Constitution of the Clergy is adopted

  • Constitution creates a limited monarchy

  • Royal Family attempts to flee France

    Royal Family attempts to flee France

  • Paris mob invades Tuileries palace

    Paris mob invades Tuileries palace

  • Royal Family confined to Tuileries

  • Citizens attack Paris prison

    Citizens attack Paris prison

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    Radical Phase

    Escalating violence led to the end of the monarchy and a Reign of Terror.
  • Marie Antoinette is beheaded

  • Louis XVI beheaded

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    Reign of Terror

    The Reign of Terror begins when Robespierre declares Terror "the order of the day." This marks the beginning of almost two years of repressing perceived enemies of the Revolution. It will claim an estimated 18,500-40,000 lives before its end in July 1794
  • Committee of Public Safety is created

  • Robespierre is beheaded

  • The third Constitution is adopted

    The third Constitution is adopted

  • Directory takes power

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    Reaction Phase

    Period of major social upheaval that began in 1795 and ended in 1799. It sought to completely change the relationship between the rulers and those they governed and to redefine the nature of political power.
  • Napoleon invades Egypt

    Napoleon invades Egypt

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    Age of Napoleon Phase

    Napoleon Bonaparte was a Fench Military who invaded much of the Europe in the 19th century. He rose due to the political instability between the nations. France became a democratic republic, following the French Revolution.
  • Concordat with the Catholic Church

  • Napoleon becomes 1st Consul

  • Napoleon named Consul for life

  • Napoleonic Code

    Napoleonic Code

  • Napoleonic Code adopted

  • Napoleon becomes Emperor

    Napoleon becomes Emperor

  • France becomes a Republic

  • Battle of Trafalgar

  • Battle of Austerlitz

    The first engagement of the War of the Third Coalition and one of Napoleon's greatest victories.
  • Napoleon invades Spain

    Napoleon invades Spain

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    Napoleon abdicates the thrown & Louis

    Napoleon was forced to abdicate in April 1814 after his unsuccessful invasion of Russia resulted in a broad European alliance against him.
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    XVIII takes the thrown

    When the Sixth Coalition finally defeated Napoleon in 1814, Louis XVIII was placed in what he, and the French royalists, considered his rightful position. ... Louis XVIII fled, and a Seventh Coalition declared war on the French Empire, defeated Napoleon again, and again restored Louis XVIII to the French throne.
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    Napoleon invades/retreats Russia

    French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte, crossed the Neman River, invading Russia from present-day Poland. The result was a disaster for the French
  • Battle of Leipzig

    Battle of Leipzig

    Battle of the Nations, was fought from 16 to 19 October 1813 at Leipzig, Saxony.
  • Napoleon is exiled to Elba

  • Napoleon exiled to St. Helena

  • Napoleon returns from Elba

  • Battle of Waterloo

    Napoleons final lose in war
  • Napoleon dies

    Napoleon dies