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Louis the XVII Calls the Estates General
The King bought a palace that cost way to much money.
They taxed the lower class so much they couldn't pay anymore and no one else paid taxes. The Estates General of 1789 was a general assembly representing the French estates of the realm: the clergy, the nobility, and the commoners . Summoned by King Louis XVI, it was brought to an end when the Third Estate formed into a National Assembly, inviting the other two to join, against the wishes of the King. -
parisians storm the bastille
On 14 July 1789, a state prison on the east side of Paris, known as the Bastille, was attacked by an angry and aggressive mob. The prison had become a symbol of the monarchy's dictatorial rule, and the event became one of the defining moments in the Revolution that followed.
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Writing of the Declaration of the Rights of Men
Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen one of the basic charters of human liberties, containing the principles that inspired the French Revolution. Its 17 articles, adopted between August 20 and August 26, 1789, by France’s National Assembly, served as the preamble to the Constitution of 1791. -
Establishment of the New Constitution
French constitution created by the National Assembly during the French Revolution. It retained the monarchy, but sovereignty effectively resided in the Legislative Assembly, which was elected by a system of indirect voting. The franchise was restricted to “active” citizens who paid a minimal sum in taxes; about two-thirds of adult men had the right to vote for electors and to choose certain local officials directly. The constitution lasted less than a year. -
Execution of the King and Queen / Beginning of the Reign of Terror
After the execution of Louis XVI, the National Convention turned its attention to the fate of the former Queen, Marie-Antoinette. ... On October 16, 1793, Marie Antoinette was beheaded at the Place de la Revolution. She is considered one of the first victims of the Reign of Terror. The Committee of Safety executed people who didn't agree with them. -
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Napoleon Overthrows the Directory
The Coup of 18 Brumaire brought General Napoleon Bonaparte to power as First Consul of France and in the view of most historians ended the French Revolution. This bloodless coup d'état overthrew the Directory, replacing it with the French Consulate. -
Napoleon Builds an Empire
The First French Empire was the empire of Napoleon Bonaparte of France and the dominant power in much of continental Europe at the beginning of the 19th century. Although France had already established an overseas colonial empire beginning in the 17th century, historians refer to Napoleon's regime as the First Empire because he was the first ruler of France since the days of the Franks to take an imperial title. -
Napoleon Invades Russia
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The Congress of Vienna Meets
The Congress of Vienna was a meeting of ambassadors of European states chaired by Austrian statesman Klemens von Metternich, and held in Vienna from November 1814 to June 1815, though the delegates had arrived and were already negotiating by late September 1814. -
Napoleon Defeated at Waterloo
A French army under the command of Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte was defeated by two of the armies of the Seventh Coalition: a British-led Allied army under the command of the Duke of Wellington, and a Prussian army under the command of Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, Prince of Wahlstatt. This was the last great loss that Napoleon took. After this he left
