The French Revolution and Napoleon

  • congress

    congress

    continenetal congress approved the declaration of independence
  • Bad harvests lead to food shortages

    Bad harvests lead to food shortages

    not enough food
  • French Economic

    French Economic

    france economic no food
  • French Revolutions Began

    French Revolutions Began

    Fall of the Bastille 8,000 men and women royal armory
  • Olympe de Gouges writes declaretion of rights for women

    Olympe de Gouges writes declaretion of rights for women

    Today she is perhaps best known as an early feminist who demanded that French women be given the same rights as French men.
  • National Convection establishes French Republic

    National Convection establishes French Republic

    French Revolution Found on 22 september 1792
  • King Louis XVI is executed

    King Louis XVI is executed

    The execution of Louis XVI, by means of the guillotine, took place on 21 January 1793 at the Place de la Révolution
  • The Directory is formed

    The Directory is formed

    The Directory at first had some success in foreign-policy, especially after Napoleon's conquests in Italy
  • napoleon participates in coup detat topples French government

    napoleon participates in coup detat topples French government

    Npoleon had participated in the French Government
  • Napoleon reaches agreement with the pope

    Napoleon reaches agreement with the pope

    reached a goal
  • Napoleon made consul for life

    Napoleon made consul for life

    The Consulate witnessed a number of crucial achievements for Napoleon, such as the Concordat with the Catholic Church in 1801, the Treaty of Amiens in 1802, the formulation of the Napoleonic Code, and widespread infrastructure projects that transformed the city of Paris.
  • Napoleon is crowned Emperor

    Napoleon is crowned Emperor

    crowned emperor
  • British defeat French and Spanish at Trafalgar

    British defeat French and Spanish at Trafalgar

    they defeated French and Spanish at Trafalgar
  • Napoleon invades Russia

    Napoleon invades Russia

    The French Invasion of Russia, known in Russia as the Patriotic War of 1812
  • Duke Of Wellington and his army defeat napoleon at waterloo

    Duke Of Wellington and his army defeat napoleon at waterloo

    the powers that had defeated napoleon pledgedonce more to fight this person called the ''Enemy and Distuber of the tranquility of the World