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Lousi XVI calls the estates general
When Louis XVI addressed the deputies on 6 May, the Third Estate discovered that the royal decree granting double representation also upheld the traditional voting by orders that the collective vote of each estate would be weighed equally. -
Storming of the Bastille
occurred in Paris,France on July 14 1789. The medieval fortress and prison in Paris known as the Bastille represented royal authority in the center of Paris. The prison only contained seven inmates at the time of its storming but was a symbol of the abuses of the monarchy. its fall was the flashpoint of the French Revolution. -
Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen
Document of the french revolution as the first step toward writing a constitution for France. was Influenced by the doctrine of the natural rights. -
Reign of terror
Was a period of violence that occurred after the onset of the French Revolution. make conflict between rival political factions, the Girondins and the Jacobins, and where marked by mass executions of enemies of the revolution. -
Womens march on versailles
The march began among women in the marketplaces of Paris who, on the morning of 5 October 1789, were near rioting over the high price and scarcity of bread
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Declaration of the rights of women and the female citizen
The Declaration recognized many rights that belonged to the male citizens. The French Revolution did not lead to a recognition of womens rights and this prompted Olympe de Gouge to publish the Declaration of the Rights of Woman and the Female Citizen in September 1791
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Thermidorian Reaction
was a revolt in the French Revolution against the excesses of the Reign of Terror. It was triggered by a vote of the National Convention to execute Maximilien Robespierre, Louis Antoine and several other leading members of the Terror. This ended the most radical phase of the French Revolution. -
King louis XVI and Marie Antoinette and executed
Louis was condemned to death for conspiracy against the public liberty and the general safety by a close majority. 361 voted to execute the king, 288 voted against, and another 72 voted to execute him subject to a variety of delaying conditions. Marie Antoinette was a Queen of France and is best remembered for her legendary extravagance and her death. she was executed by guillotine during the Reign of Terror for the crime of treason -
Napoleon's defeat at waterloo
fight lasted for 3 days in Belgium, then went part of the Netherlands. An Imperial French army under the command of Napoleon where defeated by the armies of the Seventh Coalition comprising an army under the command of the Duke combined with a Prussian army under the command of Gebhard. It culminating battle of the Waterloo Campaign and Napoleon's last battle
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napoleon becomes emperor of france
He was the nephew and heir of Napoleon I, ruled as Emperor of the French until 4 September 1870. He holds the distinction of being both the first titular president and the last monarch of France.
