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Louis XVl calls the Estates General description, This assembly was composed of three estates. Who had the power to decide on the levying of new taxes and to undertake reforms in the country. It is important because they propose solutions to France's financial problems. -
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representatives of the non-clergy and non-nobles of France swore they would not disperse until a constitution was established for France. This was important to the revolution because it signified for the first time that French citizens formally stood in opposition to Louis XVI. -
The aim of every political association is the preservation of the natural and imperceptible rights of Man. These rights are Liberty, Property, Safety and Resistance to Oppression. it granted civil rights to some commoners, although it excluded a significant segment of the French population. -
a mob of angry French citizens and rebellious soldiers attacked the Bastille. seen by the revolutionaries as a symbol of the monarchy's abuse of power. Its fall was the flash point of the French Revolution. -
Concerned over the high price and scarcity of bread. Women from the marketplaces of Paris led the March on Versailles. the most significant events of the French Revolution. eventually forcing the royals to return to Paris. -
it limited the powers of the monarchy of France, delegated legislative powers to an elected National Assembly, and created an elected judiciary. One of the basic precepts of the revolution was adopting constitutionality and establishing popular sovereignty. -
was a period of the French Revolution when, following the creation of the First Republic, a series of massacres and numerous public executions took place in response to revolutionary fervor. The purpose of the Terror was to maintain French unity.
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Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette left Versailles for Paris. Both died by the guillotine in 1793. Some republicans called for the king's deposition, others for his trial for alleged treason and intended defection to the enemies of the French nation. marking a point of no return for the French revolutionaries. -
Napoleon overthrew the system of government under the Directory in France and substituted the Consulate, making way for the despotism of Napoleon Bonaparte. The event is often viewed as the effective end of the French Revolution. -
the First Empire was proclaimed by the senatus-consulte of 28 Floreal. This senatus-consulte was approved on 6 November later the same year. Napoleon was crowned Emperor of the French. the resulting Civil Code of France marked the first major revision and reorganization of laws since the Roman era. -
the Grande Armée, led by French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte, crossed the Neman River, invading Russia from present-day Poland. The result was a disaster for the French. served as a major turning point in European history. -
He became king with the Bourbon Restoration of the monarchy after the overthrow of Napoleon I. He ruled a constitutional monarchy, meaning he was not the main leader of his government. unlike some constitutional monarchs, he did have some influence in politics. -
A battle fought between the Sixth Coalition—consisting of Russia, Austria, and Prussia—and the French Empire. After a day of fighting in the suburbs of Paris, the French surrendered. The Allies defeated the remaining French armies, occupied Paris, and forced Napoleon to abdicate and go into exile. -
discuss and agree upon a possible new layout of the European political and constitutional order after the downfall of the French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte. the first of a series of international meetings that came to be known as the Concert of Europe -
between Napoleon's French Army and a coalition led by the Duke of Wellington and Marshal Blücher. The decisive battle of its age, it concluded a war that had raged for 23 years, ended French attempts to dominate Europe, and destroyed Napoleon's imperial power forever.