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British general Charles cornwallis surrendered his troops. Cornwallis brought 8,000 troops and expected help from the british ships but they never came. -
The Estates-General was a assembly representing the French estates of the area asked for by Louis XVI to fix France's financial problems. -
A prison in Paris, known as the Bastille, was attacked by a mob. The prison had become a symbol of the monarchy’s dictatorial rule, and the event became one of the defining moments in the Revolution that followed. -
The Women's March on Versailles was an important event at the start of the French Revolution. These events helped the change of power and reforms to overtake france. -
He was convicted of high treason and other crimes. The Convention voted for Louis’ to die. Louis was then to the guillotine and decapitated. -
This was a period of time during the French Revolution, in which rebels of the government were executing in large numbers. This made the government have people killed with unfair trials. -
The Convention saw Robespierre as a tyrant and his Republic of Virtue as authoritarian. The Convention got together to destroy Robespierre before he destroyed the remaining members of the French government. -
Napoleon took control of the government in a coup d'etat. He then had the power to make laws, appoint government ministers and declare war. -
The French people accepted Napoleon as an Emperor after the overthrow of their king because they liked the fact that he did not lead by divine right. -
The Continental System was Napoleon's strategy to weaken Britain's economy by banning trade between Britain and states occupied by or allied with France. -
Napoleon tried to convince Tsar Alexander I of Russia to stop trading with British merchants through proxies in an effort to pressure the United Kingdom. -
Napoleon escaped from elba and returned to Paris, where he regained supporters and reclaimed his emperor title, which is also called the Hundred Days. -
The Battle of Waterloo, in which Napoleon's forces were defeated by the British and Prussians. This marked the end of his reign and of France's domination in Europe.