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King Louis XVI
Louis, who was born on august 23rd, 1754, became king at the age of 20 at the Versailles. -
Establishment of the New Constitution
The establishment of the New constitution was signed at this time by delegates to the constitutional convention in Philadelphia, presided over George Washington. At the 1787 convention delegates decised a plan for a stronger federal government with three branches - executive, legislative and judicial- along with a system of checks and balances to ensure no signal branch would have too much power -
Tennis Court Oath
The oath was a pledge signed by 576 of the 577 members from the Third Estate who were locked out if a meeting of the Estate general. Louis XVI who ascended the French throne in 1774, proved unsuited to deal with the severe financial, problems he had inherited from his grandfather, King Louis XV. In 1789, in a desperate attempt to address France's economic crisis, Louis XVI assembled the Estates-General, a national assembly that represented the three "estates" of the French people. -
The National Assembly
In a final act of desperation, King Louis decides to convene the estates general, an ancient assembly consisting of three different estates that represented a portion of the French population. Feuds soon broke out over the Third Estate and soon the Third Estate declared itself the National Assembly. Within a few days of the announcement, members of the other estates switched over to this new assembly. -
Bastille
On July 14,1789 at the beginning of the French Revolution a large crowd of Parisians captured the Bastille. This act convinced King Louis XVI to withdraw his troops from Paris and to accept the French Revolution. Ever since then, the people of France have celebrated July 14 as their national holiday. Bastille is a French word for a strongly fortified structure. About 1370, King Charles V built the Bastille of Paris as a fortress. -
The Declaration Of Rights Of man
The Declaration of Rights of Man and of if Citizens was issued by the National Assembly. It was a document that guaranteed process in judicial matters among the French people. -
The Death of Marat
Jean Paul Marat , one of the worlds most outspoken leaders, was stabbed to death in his bath by Charlotte Corday, a royalist sympathizer. She gained a meeting with Marat by promising to betray the Caen Girondists. Marat, who had a persistent skin disease, was working gin his bath when Corday pulled a knife from her bodice and stabbed him in the chest. He dies almost immediately, and Corday waited calm for the police to come and arrest her. -
Death of Corday
She was put to death by a guillotine. -
Napoleon Builds an Empire
Napoleon built an empire through conquests of territories belonging to his enemies. -
Napoleon Banaparte and the French Directory
Also known as Napoleon I, was a french military leader and emperor who conquered much of Europe in the early 19th century. In November 1799, in an event known as the coup of 18 Brumaire, Napoleon was part of the group that successfully overthrew the French Directory. Napoleon staged a coup d'etet, with army backing, in november. He then appointed himself as First Consul, assuming directorial powers. -
The Congress of Vienna
The congress of Vienna was a meeting of ambassadors of European states chaired by Austrian statesman Klemens and held in Vienna. The idea of it was to create balance of power in Europe which would prevent imperialism within Europe -
Napoleon Is Defeated
At Waterloo in Belgium, Napoleon Bonaparte suffers defeat at the hands of the duke of wellington, bringing an end to the Napoleonic era of European history. He led 72,00 troops against the duke of wellington, who had taken up a strong position 12 miles south of Brussels near the village of Waterloo. Because Prussian attacked in the east, throwing the French troops into panic, they retreated and failed. Napoleon was sent to Saint Helena and died in 1821. -
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