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Meeting of The Estates- General
King Louis XVI called a meeting of the Estates-General to find a solution about taxes, but the parts did not agree, because the third estate had a disadvantage, and the upper estates did not want to pay taxes. -
Fall of the Bastille
Louis XVI sent troops to Paris to stop the rising violence, but the insurgents saw this as an attack, and as a response, they took the Bastille prison to get gunpowder and weapons.
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Abolishment of Ancient Régime
The National Assembly abolished the ancient régime, there were no more feudal rights, nor privilege for nobility. -
Declaration of Right of Men
The National Assembly proclaimed the declaration of the right of men and citizens. -
March of Versailles
There was a rumor that Marie-Antonette was hiding grains (food) in the palace, because of this many peasant women stormed the palace and made Louis XVI and Marie Antonette move from Versailles to Paris -
Clergy properties get confiscated by the goverment
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Latin American Wars of Independence
The revolutionaries in Europe inspired similar movements in Latin America, first in Haiti.
The Napoleonic wars cut the links between Spain and the American colonies, which allowed the independence process to begin. -
Flight to Varennes
The royal family tried to escape Paris, but they failed. They were caught at Varennes. This was a key moment in the French Revolution -
Restoring Monarchy
Leopold II Italy´s emperor and King William Frederick II of Prussia, make the declaration of Pililaiiz to restore French Monarchy. -
Dissolution of National Assembly
In France, there was a change from the National Assembly to Legislative Assembly. -
Declaration of the Republic
The legislative assembly was replaced by the National convection which proclaimed the abolition of the monarchy and the establishment of the French Republic. -
War with Austria
France declared war in Austria because the French people thought that country wanted to help the king. -
King´s Arrest
The Jacobins attacked the royal residence and arrested the king -
Louis´s trial
it started in December 1792, and ended with Louis Capet to the guillotine, he was condemned for high treason and crimes against the state. -
The Reign of Terror
The death of the king was the beginning of the reign of terror, that was the cruelest part of the revolution. The government killed a lot of people led by Robespierre. There were 16,000 enemies of the revolution sent to the guillotine to die; this period lasted ten months. -
Robespierre Death
The Jacobins arrested Robespierre, and he was killed at the guillotine -
The Directory
Constitution of 1795 was ratified, the new legislature had two houses, an upper one called the Council of Ancients with 250 members and a lower one with 500 members.
the new constitution said that the government would have 5 officers called the Directory and they were elected by the people.
After 4 years, there was corruption and financial problems in the government, so the militaries were the ones with the power. -
Napoleon
Napoleon Bonaparte abolished the Directory and became France firs consul. this was the end of the revolution and the beginning of the Napoleonic Era. -
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Napoleonic Wars
1801- Bonaparte defeated Austria
1803- Britain gave an ultimatum to France to leave the Netherlands and Switzerland, so the Napoleonic wars started
1805- Battle of Trafalgar France defeated Austria.
Battle of Austerlitz the Roman Empire was conquered
1806- Spain and France invaded Portugal
1812- Napoleon tried to invade Russia but France retreated
1814- The Allies enter Paris, the french senate proclaimed the disposition of Napoleon and called up Louis the XVIII to the throne -
Battle of Waterloo
Napoleon´s final defeat. He abdicated and was sent to exile. -
The Congress of Vienna
The postwar settlement, they remade Europe´s map and reestablish the political order in Europe after Bonaparte.
