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Napoleon Bonaparte takes over
Emperor of france who had a streak of victories . many successes led him to be the emperor -
Convening the estates general
a general assemly representing the french nobility, proposing solutions to governments financial problems -
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Events of history
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Tennis Court Oath
a pledge signed by 577 members of the third estate who were locked out of a meeting of the estates general -
Storming of the Bastille
A prison, only containing seven prisoners at the time was stormed in Paris -
Great fear
A time when rural unrest had been bad, and grain supplies were low, and were guarded my militias -
Declaration of the rights of man
was a declaration of french revolution defining individual and collective rights of the estates of realm -
Womens march to Versailles
began with women in Paris marketplaces who were on verge of rioting due to scarce bread prices again -
Constitution of 1791
the second handwritten constitution of France. A basic concept was they wanted to adopt constitutionality -
Louis and Maries flight to Varennes
Lousi and maries attempt to escape from Paris in order to make a n inimate revolution -
Brunswick Manifesto
a proclamation issued by Charles Ferdinand. threatened if french royal family was harmed, then french civilians would also be harmed -
National convention
made a legislative assembly that held executive power by french first power, and was succeeded by directory -
Reign of Terror
a period of violence that occured after onset of revolution between the Girondins and the Jacobins -
Directory
a body of five directors that held executive power in France following the convention, and preceding the consulate -
Concordat of 1801
an agreement between Napoleon and pope Pius VII, which solidified catholic church as the majority church of France, and brought back civil status -
Louisiana purchase
an aquisition made by the USA of 828,000 square miles of Frances claim on the territory by louisiana. -
Napoleonic code
a french civil code established under napoleon , which forbades privileges based on birth, allowed religious freedom, and specified gov. jobs are qualified -
Napoleon becomes emperor
he becomes emperor after many successful streaks, in battles and wars -
Battle of Trafalgar
a sea battle fought between british royal navy and combined fleets of french navy, during war of third coalition -
Continental system
foreign policy of napoleon of france in his struggle against UK and Ireland.was a fight against british trade -
peninsular war
a war between france and the allied powers of Spain, fr control of the Iberian peninsula during the napoleonic wars.war began when the french and spanish invaded. -
Invasion of Russia
A turning point in the napoleonic wars that reduced French and alied forces -
Exile to Elba
In the treaty of Fontainableu, Napoleon was exiled to an island of 12,000 immigrants. -
Battle of Waterloo
War fought in Belgium where imperial french army was defeated by combined armies of teh seventh coalition. -
Exile to St. Helena
Napoleon was imprisoned and taken here in the atlantic ocean in 1818
