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king lousi XVI is born
king louis XVI was born in france on august 23 , 1754 . -
king louis XVI marries lady antoinette
king louis XVI marries lady antoinette as an arranged marrige on May 14 , 1771 . When the couple got married lady antoinette was 14 and king louis XVI was 15 . soon after that lady antoinette and king louis XVI soon moved in together . lady antoinette tried to arrouse king louis XVI but the soon figured out he had a disease that made arousing painful . -
National Assembly
the national assembly was from 1789 - 1799 . the naitonal assembly was kiccked out and then had to take the tennis court oath , wich stated that there would meet everyday until the declartion of man right , was compleated . -
the tennis court oath
The Tennis Court Oath was a result of the growing discontent of the Third Estate in France in the face of King Louis XVI's desire to hold onto the country's history of absolute government. The deputies of the Third Estate were coming together for a meeting to discuss the reforms proposed by Necker, the Prime Minister. These reforms called for the meeting of all the Estates together, and to hold a vote by head instead of by estate. This would have given the Third Estate, at least nominally, a str -
the bastille attack .
On the morning of July 14th, 1789, a group formed of craftsmen and salesmen decided to fight back and ran to the Invalides to steal some weapons. The mob stole 28,000 riffles there, however no powder was to be found. The crowd knew that a pile of powder was stocked in the Bastille, a prison that was a symbol of the King's absolute and arbitrary power. So they decided to attack it -
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king louis XVI and the royal family tried to escape .
king louis XVI and the royal family tried to escape as servants and got caught and sent to the gulitine one town away from there destination . -
king lousi XVI becomes king
kinjg lousi XVI was king from 1791 - 1792 . after a little over a year king louis XVI was exacuted along with his wife lady antoinette for treason . -
declarion of rights of man .
Men are born and remain free and equal in rights. Social distinctions may be founded only upon the general good.
The aim of all political association is the preservation of the natural and imprescriptible rights of man. These rights are liberty, property, security, and resistance to oppression.
The principle of all sovereignty resides essentially in the nation. No body nor individual may exercise any authority which does not proceed directly from the nation.
Liberty consists in the freedom to -
france goes to war with austrai and pressia .
france went againist austia and pressia on april 20 , 1792 , ended with a victory for france. -
king louis XVI died .
king louis XVI was exacuted along with his wife lady antoinette on july 21 , 1792 . -
reign of terror
Reign of Terror lasted from September 1793 until the fall of Robespierre in 1794. Its purpose was to purge France of enemies of the Revolution and protect the country from foreign invaders. From January 1793-July 1794, France was governed by the Committee of Public Safety, in which Danton and Robespierre were influential members. In the course of nine months, 16, 000 people were guillotined, but executions of those labeled "internal enemies" of France took place throughout the country. -
napolean bonaparte game to power
The time line for Napoleon's rise to power is 1795-1802. Napoleon rise to power starts with him being commissioned to put down a riot in Paris in 1795, the aptly dubbed "whiff of grapeshot". From 1796-1797 he lead a French army to victory over the Austrians and Piedmontese and created several Italian Republics. French expedition active in Egypt and Syria. After returning to France in 1799 he was wildly popular and the people backed him wholeheartedly.
