French Revolution

By Damionk
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    French Revolution

  • Tennis court Oath is taken

    Tennis court Oath is taken

    https://wp.stu.ca/worldhistory/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2015/07/Tennis-Court-Oath.pdf
  • Siege of the Bastille prison

    Siege of the Bastille prison

  • Women's march on Versailles

    Women's march on Versailles

    The royal family is forced to live in Tuileries palace in Paris so that they can see how bad things truly are.
  • Tuileries is stormed

    Tuileries is stormed

    King and his family are taken, prisoner
  • King Louis the XVI is executed

    King Louis the XVI is executed

    later in October Marie Antonette, his wife was executed as well
  • France declares war on England

    France declares war on England

    they also declare war on the Dutch Republic and multiple other nations
  • the Jacobin club take over in a coup

    the Jacobin club take over in a coup

    it is led by Maximilian Robespierre who later causes the Reign of Terror
  • The Terror begins

    The Terror begins

    over 40,000 people were executed in only 1 year
  • Robespierre is executed

    Robespierre is executed

    Ends the reign of terror

  • Directory replaces the Convention

    a new constitution is passed making the government more like America's and England's

  • Napoleon pushes Austria out of northern Italy

    Allows Napoleon to force Austria to surrender
  • Napoleon invades Egypt

    Napoleon invades Egypt

    He finds the Rossetta stone allowing hieroglyphics to be translated

  • France occupies Naples

  • Russia withdraws from war with France

  • Napoleon seizes power in a Coup

    Napoleon seizes power in a Coup

    ends the French Revolution and starts the Napoleonic era