The French Revolution/The Age of Napoleon

  • Meeting with the Estates-General

    Meeting with the Estates-General

    The Estates-General was the first meeting since the French Revolution. Also the Estates-General came together for many weeks in 1789
  • Tennis Court Oath

    Tennis Court Oath

    The Tennis Court oath was a dramatic oath that had representatives of the non privileged classes.
  • Storming of the Bastille

    Storming of the Bastille

    Storming of the Bastille was taken place in Paris and France. They were attacked by an angry and aggressive mob.
  • Declaration of the Rights of Man

    Declaration of the Rights of Man

    The Declaration of the Rights of Man had and individual collective amount of rights during the French Revolution.
  • Women's March on Versailles

    Women's March on Versailles

    The Women's March on Versailles was to give the revolutionaries confidence in the power of the people over the king.
  • Execution of King Louis XVI

    Execution of King Louis XVI

    King Louis XVI was executed for treason. He made matters worse by often escaping to more pleasurable activities like hunting and locksmithing.
  • Reign of Terror

    Reign of Terror

    The Reign of Terror was a period of violence during the French Revolution incited by conflict between two rival political factions, the Girondins and the Jacobins, and marked by mass executions of “the enemies of the revolution.
  • Maximilien Robespierre's Execution

    Maximilien Robespierre's Execution

    Robespierre got arrested because they were tired of his terror. Also Robespierre had gotten executed with many of his other supporters.
  • Napoleonic Code

    Napoleonic Code

    In 1804 of March the Napoleonic Code was finally approved. The code divided civil law into the categories of family and property.
  • Napoleon Crowns himself emperor

    Napoleon Crowns himself emperor

    Napoleon's motivation was for being crowned so he gained prestige in international royalist and Catholic circles and to lay the foundation for a future dynasty.
  • Peninsular War

    Peninsular War

    Peninsular War was a part of the Napoleonic Wars fought in the Iberian Peninsula, where the French were opposed by British, Spanish, and Portuguese.
  • Napoleon and his men march on Russia

    Napoleon and his men march on Russia

    Napoleon and his men march on Russia because they had lack of food for the men and fodder for the horses, hypothermia from the bitter cold and guerilla warfare from Russian peasants and Cossacks led to great losses.
  • Napoleon is exiled to Elba

    Napoleon is exiled to Elba

    Napoleon was exiled to Elba because they had good weather and they had a great defense.
  • Napoleon's Death

    Napoleon's Death

    Napoleon dies from stomach cancer.