French and Haitian Revolutoin

By emellman

  • Meeting of the Estates General

    The Meeting of the Estates General was an assembly of representatives of the three estates to discuss the conflict between Philip IV (the Fair) and Pope Boniface VIII. This effected history because it helped the first French Monarchy to develop.
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    Gens De Colour demand equal rights from France

    The Gens De Colour demand equal rights from France was people of Mixed colors that were against savory and wanted independence form France. They helped fight with the slaves for freedom. The effect on history is no more slaves.

  • Storming of the Bastille

    The Storming of the Bastille was a dramatic start to the French Revolution which was the result/effect that the Storming of the Bastille had was the French Revolution.

  • Declaration of Rights of Man and Citizen

    The Decoration of Rights of Man and Citizen states the rights that the people were granted. This impacted history because it help lead to the French Revolution.

  • March on Verasilles

    The March on Verasilles was an angry mob of women that were demanding bread for their families. They nearly killed Queen Antoinette by part of the mob that got into her room. She escaped by a secret passage way that lead to the Kings room. This changed history because it lead to the death of the King and Queen of France.

  • The colony "Saint-Domingue" is abolished

    The colony "Saint-Domingue" is abolished was a Rebellion that was huge. The people who rebelled were made up of black slaves that had hooks, machetes, and torches. This impacted history because it lead slavery to be abolished.

  • The French National Assembly granted free Blacks Full French rights in Saint Domingue

    The French National Assembly granted free Blacks Full French rights in Saint Domingue was when all of the slaves were finally granted there freedom. They earned this by rebelling against their owners. The effect that this had on history is that there are not any slaves today in the world.

  • Beheading of King Louis the XIV

    The Beheading of King Louis the XIV occurred because he did not give the peasants need. Also he did not really care what the people outside of the castle walls needed. This effected history France did not have a King and Queen to rule over them.
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    Reign or Terror

    The Reign of Terror was awful. Many of innocent people were not killed. In total there were about forty thousand people killed. The only only crime the people had was having a different opinion. This changed history because thousands of people died so the population of France was going down at a steady rate.

  • French forces admit defeat to the slave armies and evacuate their forces

    French forces admit defeat to the slave armies and evacuate their forces because they could not beat the slaves that were very mad because they had been treated horribly for there who lives rebelled and wanted to take down there owners.This effected history because the slaves got the freedom that they had worked so hard for by rebelling from there owners.

  • Napoleon is Emperor

    Napoleon crowned himself emperor on December 2,1804. He conquered a land for for France. Because of the fact that he did not make the best choices he got himself thrown on the island Saint Helena, where he was guarded to make sure that he did not leave. He died when he was 51 on the island.