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The French Revolution and the Napoleonic Era

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  • ESTATES-GENERAL

    ESTATES-GENERAL

    An assembly summoned by king Louis XVI.
  • THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY

    THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY

    The Tennis Court Oath
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    THE NATIONAL CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY

  • Storming of the Bastille

  • Abolition of Feudalism

  • Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen

    Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen

  • French Constitution of 1791

    French Constitution of 1791

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    THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY

    Beginning of the war against Austria and Prussia. Inprisonment of the royal family.
  • The Paris Commune stormed the Tuileries Palace and massacred the Swiss Guards

    The Paris Commune stormed the Tuileries Palace and massacred the Swiss Guards

    A period of chaos and insurrection starts because of the growing of the social unrest of the sans-culottes.

  • Girondin Government

    War on absolutist powers.
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    THE NATIONAL CONVENTION

    The First French Republic.

  • The monarchy is abolished and the republic is declared

  • Beheading of King Louis XVI

    Beheading of King Louis XVI

  • Jacobean Government (The Mountain)

    Jacobean Government (The Mountain)

    Robespierre and the Reign of Terror.
  • French Constitution of 1793

    French Constitution of 1793

  • Girondin Government

    Girondin Government

    Robespierre and the Jacobins are deposed and executed (coup of Thermindor).
  • French Constitution of 1795

    French Constitution of 1795

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    THE DIRECTORY

  • Coup of Brumaire by Napoleon Bonaparte

    Coup of Brumaire by Napoleon Bonaparte

    The French Directory is deposed
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    THE CONSULATE

    Period of inner peace.

  • Concordat with the Holy See

  • Napoleon as "First Consul for Life"

    Napoleon as "First Consul for Life"

  • Civil Code

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    FIRST FRENCH EMPIRE - THE NAPOLEONIC EMPIRE

    The Napoleonic Wars extended French influence over much of Western Europe and into Poland.
  • Napoleon crowned himself as Emperor of the French

    Napoleon crowned himself as Emperor of the French

  • Battle of Trafalgar

    Battle of Trafalgar

  • Battle of Austerlitz

    Battle of Austerlitz

  • Battle of Friedland

    Battle of Friedland

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    The Hundred Days

    Napoleon returned from exile. Definitely defeated in Waterloo. Exiled in Saint Helena.
  • Battle of Waterloo

    Battle of Waterloo

  • Napoleon is dead

    Napoleon is dead