The French Revolution

By jrios123
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    First phase

  • Costly wars and Bad harvests

    After bad harvests and costly wars, King Louis XVI is forced to convene this ancient assembly in order to raise taxes.
    During the election process, voters traditionally draft petitions of grievance.

  • Bastille

    Bastille stormed and taken by a Paris mob. Lifted by it's feet which is being grabbed by the mob.

  • Tennis Court Oath

    Assembly of the nations resolves not to disband until it has written a constitution. This prohibited them from disbanding then came the constitution.

  • Great fear

    Peasants attack noble manors.

  • Jacobin Club formed

    Nobles in National Assembly renounce feudal rights.

  • King Louis taken

    King Louis brought from Versailles to Tuileries palace in Paris.

  • The civil assembly

    Assembly issues Civil Constitution of the Clergy, requiring elections and oaths.

  • The king's fleeing

    King flees to Austria, is caught at Varennes.

  • Declaration of Pillnitz

    Austria and Prussia call for support of French King.

  • Constitution issued

    National Assembly issues Constitution; elections are held.
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    Phase two

  • king and the convention

    Convention condemns and executes the King.

  • Austria and Prussia

    France declares war on Austria and Prussia.

  • The Paris mob at Royal palace

    Paris mob storms royal palace; Commune seizes Assembly; Legislative Assembly falls. Minister of Justice Danton purges thousands of presumed traitors.

  • Prussian and Austrian halt

    French army stops Prussians and Austrians at Valmy.

  • The declare of a revolution

    Convention abolishes monarchy and declares France a republic.

  • The revolutionary revolt

    Counter-revolutionary revolt in the Vendee begins by starting to progress in a way hat moves forward.

  • Convention declares war

    Convention declares war on 1st Coalition of Austria, Prussia, Britain, Holland and Spain.

  • Reign of terror

    Committee of Public Safety (Robespierre) begins.

  • The Danton executed

    Danton executed in any favorable form according to medieval ways of execution.

  • Victory for French

    French victory over Austrians at Fleurus (Belgium).

  • Thermidor

    Robespierre executed, end of terror.
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    Third phase

  • Dauphin dies

    The Dauphin dies in prison, Comte de Provence assumes title of Louis XVIII.

  • Saving the Directory

    Napoleon's "Whiff of Grapeshot" save the Directory from a royalist mob.

  • Royalists attempt a coup

    Royalists attempt a coup and Napoleon Bonaparte makes his name suppressing the move with grapeshot. The popular party gains strength, Gracchus Babeuf is its spokesperson, holding running meetings at the Pantheon.

  • Convention dissolves

    The Convention dissolves itself in favour of a dictatorship of the Directorate.

  • Napoleon general

    Napoleon assumes command of French army in Italy.

  • Arrested leaders

    Leaders of Babeuf’s “Conspiracy of Equals” arrested

  • Removed royalists

    Coup d'état removes royalists from Directory.

  • French defeating

    French defeat Austrians in northern Italy and make peace.

  • French capturing

    French capture Switzerland, Rome and Naples; suffer bad defeat in Egypt
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    Fourth phase

  • Coalition between 4 against France

    2nd Coalition of Austria, Russia, Turkey and Great Britain drive French Army back.

  • Establishing consulate

    Napoleon's coup d'état abolishes Directory and establishes Consulate

  • Napoleon brings peace

    Napoleon makes peace with Austria and Britain, Concordat with the pope.

  • The 3rd Coalition

    3rd Coalition (Austria, Britain and Russia) moves against France.

  • French and there victories

    French victories; "republics" set up throughout Europe, Spain resists.

  • The Penal Code

    The Penal Code making any association of more than twenty people subject to government approval and severely repressing any union attempting industrial action or wage agitation.

  • Fixing Decree

    Decree fixing at ten the age from which the children can go down the mines.

  • Napoleon Sent to Elba

    Austria, Britain, Prussia and Russia defeat France, Napoleon sent to Elba.

  • Defeated Napoleon

    British and Prussians defeat Napoleon at Waterloo; Louis 18th restored.

  • Napoleon - the resurrection

    Napoleon returns to France for "100 days."