french revolution timeline

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  • declaration of rights

    it was a document drafted in 1776 to proclaim the inherent rights of men, including the right to reform or abolish inadequate government.

  • meeting of the estates general

    in 1789, the French Estates-General, a general assembly representing the French estates of the realm: the clergy, 1st the nobles 2nd , and the common people 3rd

  • tennis court oath

    the members of the third estate took the tennis court oath saying not to separate, and to reassemble wherever circumstances require

  • the storming of bastille

    The medieval fortress, armory, and political prison in Paris represented royal authority in the center of Paris.

  • March of versallies

    also known as the october march, was one of the most significant events of the french revolution. there was rioting over the high price of bread

  • The Rise of Napoleon and Creation of an Empire

    was a French military leader and emperor who conquered much of Europe in the early 19th century.

  • reign of terror

    was a time of violence when there was conflict between two rival political factions: the Girondins and Jacobins

  • Napoleons empire collapses

    it collapsed because of the continental system and the peninsular war and the invasion of russia.

  • The Congress of Vienna

    was a conference of ambassadors of european states and held in vienna from November 1814 to June 1815