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The Consulate
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American Rev.
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Revillon Roits
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Estates-General Meeting
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French Rev.
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The National Assembly is Established
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Tennis Court Oath
members of the Third Estate, locked out of a meeting of the Estate-General, gathered in a tennis court. Swore not to separate until they had created a new constitution for France. -
Estates General is Called
Louis XVI called the nobility, clergy, and third estate bouguassie, as a response to financial crisis facing France. -
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The Great Fear
Rumors spread across rural France that nobles were hiring outlaws to attack peasants and destroy their crops. -
DRMC
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Women's March on Versailles
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Guillotine
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King Louis XVI
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Committee of Public Safety is created
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Reign of Terror
Used extreme measures to protect the revolution. Thousand of people were executed by the Guillotine. -
Queen Marie Defense
Protect herself and her family during the French Revolution. -
Queen Marie Antoinette
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Battle of the Nile
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Egyptian Expedition
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18 Brumaire
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Britain and France
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Battle of Trafalgar
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Emperor
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Battle of Austrelitz
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Continental System
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Napoleon's Empire and Allies
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Napoleon Invades Russia
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Battle of Borodino
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Congress of Vienna
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Battle of Leipzig
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Anatomy of a Revolution
A book by Crane Brinton outlining the "uniformities" of four major political revolutions: the English Revolution of the 1640s, the American, the French, and the Russian revolutions.