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"National Assembly" has been the name of various French parliamentary bodies, as follows. The best known is the revolutionary assumbly of the Third Estate in 1789. It also references the parliament that ended the Franco-German War in 1870s. Also, it’s a general term for constituent assemblies like those of 1848 and the post-World War II period. Today the National Assembly is the common name of France’s lower house in the Fifth Republic.
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May 1789 The Estates General assembled at Versailles. Deputies poured in from across France. The Third Estate was very obvious King Louis XVI tried to solve the money problems, but people didn't believe in his ideas. People criticized the court's luxury. Finally when the Third Estate acted under its own authority, the French Revolution had begun. -
The Tennis Court Oath, a protest against the absolute monarchy of France and took place on June 20, 1789. Locked out of their meeting hall, they congregated at a tennis court and vowed to continue sitting in not disbanding until a constitution had been written. Finally, King Louis XVI gave the instruction to clergy and nobility that they join the Third Estate in the National Assembly. -
Bastille Day The Parisians captured Bastille, a prison, on July 14, 1789. The Bastille was a political King's jail, its very name representing the decadence of monarchy. The city capitulated, for the accouchement was Launay's. The Bastille was taken, and Launay slaughtered. The kan revolt was a revolution in France; it became its origin as well. Finally the king Louis XVI was guillotined. -
The August Decrees were issued in France in August 1789 as a response to the peasant revolts. They abolished feudal rights, ending all dues owed to the landlords, noble courts, and tax exemptions for the nobility and clergy. They also opened public office to all citizens. Although compensation for nobles was stipulated, the decrees represented an important symbolic and practical step toward equality by dismantling the old order of feudalism. This was very significant in the French Revolution. -
The rights of man are” liberty and property, security, resistance to oppression.” It guarantees equality in the eyes of the law and requires government to secure those rights. The document has established itself as a foundation of democracy and human rights around the world. -
they established this thing called the Legislative Assembly after they kicked off the French Revolution. It was supposed to be the new government, doing laws and stuff. But it was kinda chaotic. There’s always different factions arguing with one another – some wanting things to go really radical, others wanting them back the way they were. It wasn’t sustainable for very long because it got so volatile, and ultimately they replaced that with something else.
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King Louis XVI’s attempted escape from France with his family during the Revolution became known as the Flight to Varennes. They were arrested when recognized in Varennes. This event was a massive blow to the monarchist cause, and showed that the King now stood in opposition to the Revolution. The escape that did not happen fed radical feelings and helped lead to Louis XVI's execution. -
You could say that the National Convention was France’s government after they kicked out monarchy. That was in the really radical phase of the Revolution. They did some major stuff, like declaring France a republic and then chopping off the head of King Louis XVI. It was also the period of the Reign of Terror, Robespierre et al.
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the Legislative Assembly in France, feeling all revolutionary and everything, went ahead and declared war on Austria. There was a whole bunch of reasons – some believed it would bring the country together, others were in to spread revolutionary ideas and there were those who simply thought France's business had better be left alone by pesky old Austria. This was, by any measure, a major turning point because it started a very long war in Europe. -
The Tuileries Palace was stormed during the French Revolution. Essentially a mob of Parisians (backed by some revolutionary soldiers) decided to attack the King’s palace. They believed the King was also a danger to the revolution. It was a proper bloody battle, and as a result, the King got taken prisoner and the monarchy ended up being properly suspended. -
The Execution of Louis XVI was an epic event in the French Revolution. As a traitor to the National Convention, King Louis XVI was executed by guillotine. This proved to be the termination of the monarchy in France and a radical stage of the revolution. It set off shock waves across Europe, freaking other monarchies out and ratcheting up tensions. -
Once Robespierre kind of lost his brain with the Reign of Terror and everyone was like, ugh. He and his buddies got arrested, and then they got guillotined, same way as the people they’d been sending to the guillotine. It heralded the fall of the Reign of Terror, and it promised some respite from the French Revolution. -
The Directory was the government of France following the fall of the Reign of Terror. It comprised of five men, self-dubbed as “directors” who were expected to govern collectively. But it was quite corrupt and unstable. There was a difficult economy, political divisions that people had trouble coping with. It was ultimately overthrown by Napoleon Bonaparte.
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The Consulate was more or less the government Napoleon established when he sent the Directory packing. It was meant to be a republic, but the “First Consul,” Napoleon, was actually running it. He restored order to France after the train wreck of the Revolution, repaired the economy and reconciled with the Church. It was essentially the staging of Napoleon becoming an emperor.
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And that’s the point when Napoleon shifted into full-on emperor of France. He basically turned the Republic back into a monarchy, with himself at the head. 1798 War on European Continent: At this point in history, with other powers sapping the French army and navy’s strength, France has been virtually at war nonstop as it attempted to conquer Europe. Napoleon succeeded in winning a series of battles and dominating much of the continent. But then, of course, They had to beat Russia.
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The Battle of Austerlitz was another, and stood as a great French victory for Napoleon. He fought the Austrian and Russian armies, who were attempting to prevent him from becoming king of all Europe. Outnumbered though he was, Napoleon’s tactics were such as to annihilate the enemy. It was a battle that secured the destruction of the Third Coalition against France and established Napoleon as one of history's greatest commanders. It was one of the high points of Napoleon’s career. -
At the important naval Battle of Trafalgar, Nelson's Royal Navy fleet attacked the combined French and Spanish fleets. The battle of Trafalgar is seen as the booty that took away Napoleon's chance to ever invade Great Britain. Even in death Nelson kept intact British naval supremacy for a long time. It was where, while Napoleon upended Europe on land, the British ruled the waves thanks to Nelson. -
The Battle of Leipzig, known as the Battle of Nations, was Napoleon’s greatest defeat so far. Essentially, all of Europe pounced on him: Austria, Prussia, Russia and Sweden. It was a titanic battle, with hundreds of thousands of troops on either side. An inferior force, an unsalvageable denouement for Napoleon. This defeat marked the turning point of Napoleon's career and the beginning of his empire's collapse. -
Waterloo was Napoleon's last stand. He had attempted to regain power after fleeing into exile, but he and the British forces, under the command of the Duke of Wellington, and the Prussians conspired to prevent him. It had been a tough fight but Napoleon’s army was vanquished. This defeat was the decisive end of Napoleon's era and dream to dominate Europe. He was now sent into exile, and this time for good; Europe entered a new cycle.