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Maximillen Robespierre
"Maximilien de Robespierre was born on May 6, 1758, in Arras, France. He was a radical Jacobin leader and one of the principal figures in the French Revolution. In the latter months of 1793 he came to dominate the Committee of Public Safety, the principal organ of the Revolutionary government during the Reign of Terror, but in 1794 he was overthrown and guillotined." Cite: https://www.biography.com/people/maximilien-de-robespierre-37422 -
George Danton
Lived between 1759 and 1794. He was the first president of the committee of public safety. "The French statesman Georges Jacques Danton (1759-1794) was a leader during the French Revolution. Called the "orator of the streets," he was the most prominent early defender of popular liberties and the republican spirit." Cite: http://www.encyclopedia.com/people/history/french-history-biographies/georges-jacques-danton -
Napolean Bonaparte
He existed between 1769 and 1821. He was a key military leader during the French Revolution. "Napoleon Bonaparte was a military general who became the first emperor of France. His drive for military expansion changed the world." Cite: https://www.biography.com/people/napoleon-9420291 -
Three Estates
The Three Estates was a division of people into categories such as: clergy, nobility, commoners. 1789-1799 -
Tennis Court Oath
The Third estate decided to break from the estate general and draw up their own constitution. They also dubbed themselves the "National Assembly". -
Louis the XIV Calls the Estates General
The Estates General met Phillip IV and Pope Boniface VIII at Notre-Dame in Paris to discuss the conflict. The meeting was followed by a nationwide survey of public opinion. -
Parisians Storm the Bastille
The Parisians stormed the Bastille to get ammunition and arms, but not to free any prisoners. At the time, 30k lbs of gunpowder was stored there. It made it important because that was a symbol of the monarchy's tyranny. -
Writing of the Declaration of the Rights of Men
The Declaration of the Rights of Man was a document passed by France's National Constituent Assembly. It was influenced by the doctrine of "natural right" that all rights of man are held to be universal. -
Establishment of the New Constitiution
The document was created by the National Assembly during the French Revolution. It kept the monarchy, but power effectively resided in the Legislative Assembly, which was elected by a system of indirect voting. -
Execution of the King and Queen / Beginning the Reign of Terror
He was convicted of conspiracy with foreign powers and sentenced to death by the French National Convention. On Jan 21, 1793, he was executed by guillotine. She was convicted of treason by a tribunal, and on Oct 16, 1793 she was executed by the guillotine. The Reign of Terror was an time between 1793-1794 where 50k+ people were killed, 1/3 by the guillotine. If the Convention’s brutal retaliations against civilians other rebellious provinces are included, the number of victims would be like 250k -
Reign of Terror
Begins when Robespierre declares terror. This marks the beginning of almost two years of repressing perceive enemies of the revolution. It ends when Robespierre dies in 1794. -
Napoleon Overthrows the Directory
Napoleon Bonaparte was a French emperor and military leader who conquered much of Europe in the early 19th century. On November 1799, he overthrew the French Directory and replaced it with a three-member Consulate, then he became first consul. -
Napoleon Invades Russia
The significance in Napoleon's invasion into Russia was that the Russians kept retreating until Napoleon was in Moscow, which had fires set across the city to deprive his troops of supplies. After winter came, he ordered his troops out of Moscow and out of 685k troops that entered, only an estimated 70k troops made it out of Russia. -
The Congress of Vienna Meets
They gave back the land that Napoleon gained. -
Napoleon Defeated at Waterloo
Napoleon led a French army against an allied force the British and Prussian armies.
