French Revolution - Cadwalader - Fields6

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    Absolutism and the French Revolution

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    The Monarchy

  • Tennis Court Oath

    Tennis Court Oath

    Third Estate/National Assembly are locked out of meeting houses; the Third Estate chooses to continue thinking King Louis XVI has locked them out and decides upon a declarative vow,
  • The Bastille is Stormed

    The Bastille is Stormed

    The Bastille prison was attacked by an angry mob on this day. They wanted the weapons, ammunition, and they freed the prisoners.
  • Decloration of the Rights of Man

    Decloration of the Rights of Man

    The Decloration of the Rights of Man was very similar to the Decloration of Independence. It was based on; Life, Liberty, and Property.
  • Palace of Versailles

    Palace of Versailles

    October 6 Louis XVI agrees to ratify the August Decrees, Palace of Versailles stormed.
  • Constitution

    Constitution

    The short-lived French Constitution of 1791 was the first written constitution in France
  • Comittee of Public Safety

    Comittee of Public Safety

    This is a stage of the French Revolution. IUt had 12 members. Discussed everything and said what was going to happen.
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    The Committee of Public Safety

    assumed its role of protecting the newly established republic against foreign attacks and internal rebellion
  • Reign of Terror

    Reign of Terror

    also known simply as The Terror, was a period of violence that occurred after the onset of the French Revolution, incited by conflict between the Girondins and the Jacobins, and marked by mass executions of "enemies of the revolution".
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    The Terror

    People died.
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    The Directory

    250 senators. Executive power went to five "directors,"
  • Battle of the Nile

    Battle of the Nile

    Napoleon's army is cut off from supplies and communication.
  • Coup of Brumaire

    Coup of Brumaire

    Napoleon overthrows the directory
  • assasination attemopt

    assasination attemopt

    Someone tried to kill Napoleon
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    Napoleon as Emperor

    Napoleon was Emperor
  • Napoleons death

    Napoleons death

    Napoleon dies