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Meeting of the estates general
All of the three estates gathered for a meeting to discuss problems with finance they have been having. King Louis the 16th is the one who called the meeting.This is the first time they have had all three estates gathered in the same place for 175 years. -
Tennis Court Oath
After weeks and weeks of fighting over financial issues the 3rd estate showed up one day to find they have been locked out of all the chambers where they were having the meetings. The 3rd estate decided to go to a tennis court to have their own meeting. The reason the other estates did this is becasue the third estate is the poorest and without them they wouldn't have as much problems so they decided to get rid of them -
The Storming of the Bastille
The civilians took over the prison in paris raiding the munitions store. -
Declaration of Rights of Man
s a fundamental document of the French Revolution and in the history of human and civil rights -
March On Versailles
7,000 women marched with pitchforks and torches for 12 miles they kept on gaining people and ended up with 2,000. Thy broke into the palaces and killed guards. -
The Rise of Napoleon and Creation of an Empire
Napoleon set campaigns people looked up to him as a leader -
Reign of Terror
mass executions of anyone the was thought to disagree with the resolution. almost all of the victim were poor with little to no power at all -
Napoleons empire collapses
Napoleon’s ambition got the better of him and led him to make three military blunders. Continental System, the Peninsular War, and the invasion of Russia. -
The Congress of Vienna
was still generous to the defeated France, so as not to give rise to French feelings of revenge. restored monarchies across Europe.adopted a fair policy of no great rewards and no great punishments