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Women's March on Versailles
The Woman's March on Versailles was when the women of France got fed up with not being able to buy food and marched to Versailles in protest. It was the incident in which Marie Antoinette said "let them eat cake." It was also known as the October March -
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Louis XVI calls the Estates General
Louis XVI calls up the Estates General due to the rather bleak situation his country was in, assisted by Jacques Necker a finance minister. He wanted to tax the 3rd Estate, which was the bourgeoisie, workers, and the peasants, even more to get France out of bankruptcy, however this upset the 3rd Estate because most of them couldn't even afford bread. The 3rd Estate protested this and were kicked out of the meeting and this caused the Tennis Court Oath. -
Storming of The Bastille
The Parisians wanted to overthrow the monarch, however they had no weapons The Bastille was a french prison in the middle of Paris that was a symbol of the monarchs power over the city of Paris. The Bastille also had an armory full of weapons and ammo that would be useful in overthrowing the government. So the Parisians stormed the Bastille and burned it to the ground and looted its armory. This was the start of the French Revolution. The plebiscite then became common. -
Abolition of Fuedalism
France had been under an absolute monarchy and had been ruled by feudalism for centuries. However now France's people wanted more individual freedoms. This led to the abolition of feudalism. -
Writing of The Declaration of The Right of Men
After the storming of the Bastille the people of France wanted to ensure their rights. It was based of the US Bill of Rights. It made sure to listen to the list of grievances the third estate listedin Cahiers de doléances. -
Flight to Varennes
King Louis the 16th and his wife and children try to escape France to form a counter revolution and to seek shelter. This plan failed due to the kings indecisiveness and only caused mass panic. -
Establishment of the New Constitution
The new constitution set up by France was a constitutional monarchy two years after the storming of the Bastille and it was too little too late. The constitution lasted less than a year and was not effective at its goals. It boosted the rights of men only which upset Olympe de Gouges, who wrote about women's rights. -
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Beheading of The King and Queen of France
The King and Queen of France were executed for their treason against the french people according to their executors. Robespierre was a key member in executing the king and later the king leading the charge as he was head of the Jacobin club. Robespierre was the cause of the reign of terror, where the guillotine ruled all. The execution of the king and queen was the beginning of his terrible reign of terror. The queen had not done anything wrong per say, exist. -
Napoleon Overthrows the Directory
Napoleon Bonaparte had arrived back in France and was seen as the savior of the people from the corrupt government of the time, and became dictator. He was a general who fought all across Europe and Africa using his troops like sans culottes. -
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Napoleon Builds an Empire
Napoleon after becoming the dictator of France expanded France's empire to make up for the insane amount of debt France was in. He was assisted in his efforts by Lafayette another general in the army -
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Napoleon Invades Russia
Napoleon wants to take out another major power in mainland Europe and Russia was his target, however. He invades during winter and losses it all and never recovers. This is often seen as the beginning of the end of napoleon, and his France. -
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The Congress of Vienna
After Napoleon was defeated at many battle by the coalition and his territory was significantly smaller the powers in Europe had a meeting discussing the future of Europe. The ultimate goal was to balance the power and Europe once again by making France the same as before the war and the other countries bigger. -
Battle of Waterloo
This battle was the end of Napoleonic wars and Napoleons final battle before he was exiled forever. This battle was won by the Prussian reinforcements as Wellingtons main battle lines were starting to crumble.
