French Revolution

  • Leviathan

    Leviathan
    Written by Thomas Hobbes, the Leviathan was an arguement for absolute sovereignty
  • Two Treatises of Government

    A work of political philosophy
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    French and Indian War

    War between Britain and France over America
  • Estates General

    Estates General
    General assembly representing the French Estates
  • August Decrees

    19 decrees made by the National Constituent Assembly during the French Revolution
  • Tennis Court Oath

    Not to separate, and to reassemble wherever circumstances require, until the constitution of the kingdom is established.
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    The Great Fear

    Beginning of ther French Revolution, peasants began attacking manors.
  • Declaration of the Rights of Man

    Declaration of the Rights of Man
    Defining the individual and collective rights of all the estates of the realm as universal. Influenced by the doctrine of "natural right", the rights of man are held to be universal: valid at all times and in every place, pertaining to human nature itself.
  • Flight to Varennes

    Louis XVI and his immediate family attempted to flee Paris to Varennes
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    Louis XVI

    Actively supported the American Revolution
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    Legislative Assembly

    During the French Revolution, the Legislative Assembly was the legislature of France.
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    War with Austria

    France went to war with Austria during the series of the French Revolution
  • Execution!

    got his head cut off
  • Committee of Public Safety is Formed

    Committee of Public Safety is formed by the National Convention
  • Jean Paul Marat is killed

    Jean Paul Marat is killed
    Was killed in his bathtub, and bled to death in seconds
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    Reign of Terror

    period of violence after the onset of the French Revolution
  • Robespierre comes to power

    Was instrumental in the period of the Revolution commenly known as the Reign of Terror
  • Robespierre died

    Robespierre died
    guillotined without trial
  • Napoleon

    Napoleon
    Lead France in the Napoleonic War