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French Revolution
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Estates General
They were the representatives of each estate. The third estate wanted all of them to meet together so that no two estates would vote against the thrid estate on purpose. -
Tennis Court Oath
When the third estate delegates were lock out of their meeting room, they had to go into the only room that was open, the tennis court. There, they agreed not to leave Versailes untill they had written the new constitution. -
Storming Bastille
The angry mob from the third estate, rampaged the Bastille, which was a building that held prisoners along with gun powder. The mob killed many gards and prisoners then put their heads on pikes. -
The Great Fear
The great fear is a time were a wave of rumors and panic spread through out france. -
Declaration of the Rights of Man
A declaration that says "men are born and remain free and equal in rights." Like it states, this only applies to men, not women. -
Women's March to Versailles
This march happened when the price of bread rose, and there was hardly any bread in the shops. So all of the women in the third estate marched to Versailles with the intention to kill Marie, and recieve grain/bread. -
Louis and Marie's flight to Varennes
The royal family tired to leave Paris, but was cought right at the border and sent back to Paris. -
Constituion of 1791
The constitution of 1791 was the second written constitution of France. One of the basic precepts of the revolution was adopting constitutionality and establishing popular sovereignty, following the steps of the United States of America. -
Brunswick Manifesto
This was issued by the Duke of Brunswick, and said that if anyone harmed the Royal family, then the Allies would harm French civilians. -
National Convention
The National Convention was elected to provide a new constitution for the country to overthrow the monarchy. -
Reign of Terror
Reign of Terror was a period of time that was extremely violent. -
Directory
The Directory was a body of five directors that held executive power in France. -
Napoleon Bonaparte takes over
When Napoleon takes over the government of France, he over threw the Directory, he crushed threats from both radicals and royalists who wanted to extend or reverse the gains of the French Revolution. -
Concordat of 1801
Concordat of 1801was an agreement between Napoleon and Pope Pius VII that solidified the Roman Catholic Church as the majority church of France and brought back most of its civil status. -
Louisiana Purchase
Louisiana Purchase was a acquisition by the United States of 828,000 square miles of France's claim to the territory of Louisiana. -
Napoleonic Code
Napoleonic code was the French civil code that forbade privileges based on birth, allowed freedom of religion, and specified that government jobs go to the most qualified. -
Napoleon Becomes Emperor
, Napoleon proclaimed himself emperor, and made Josephine Empress. His coronation ceremony took place on December 2, 1804, in the Cathedral of Notre-Dame in Paris, with incredible splendor and at considerable expense. -
Battle of Trafalgar
Battle of Trafalgar was a sea battle between the British Royal Navy against the French and Spanish Navy. The Britsh ended up winning. -
Continental System
Napoleon Bonaparte issued the Berlin decrees which marked the start of what became to be known as the Continental System. The Continental System was a blockade aimed at denying the British any trading access to ports in Europe, destroying British trade and denying them the money they needed to fund Napoleons enemies on mainland Europe. -
Peninsular War
The war began when the French and Spanish armies crossed Spain and invaded Portugal. -
Invasion of Russia
Invasion of Russia was a turning point in the Nepoleonic wars. It reduced the French and allied invasion forces to a tiny fraction of their initial strength and triggered a major shift in European politics as it dramatically weakened France. -
Exile to Elba
Napoleon was sent to Elba because of the Treaty of Fontainebleau, therefor banished to the Mediterranean. -
Battle of Waterloo
Battle of Waterloo ended the Napoleonic Wars and the signing of The Treaty of Paris. Was the beginning of Pax Britannic era of relative peace throughout Europe. -
Exile to St. Helena
After they lost the Battle of Waterloo, the European power weren't going to take any chances, so the sent Napoleon to the island of St. Helena - a barren, wind-swept rock located in the South Atlantic Ocean.