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Reign of terror
a period of violence that occurred after the onset of the French Revolution, incited by conflict between two rival political factions -
The Rise of Napoleon and Creation of an Empire
rapidly rose through the ranks of the military. After seizing political power in France in a 1799 coup d'état, he crowned himself emperor in 1804 -
Meeting of the Estates General
an assembly of representatives from all three estates. The meeting was help for the first time in 175 years at Versailles -
Tennis Court Oath
The third estate was locked out of their meeting room. They couldn't get in so they broke down a door to an indoor tennis court and didn't leave until they had drawn up a new constitution -
the Storming of the Bastille
he medieval fortress, armory, and political prison in Paris known as the Bastille represented royal authority in the center of Paris -
Declaration of Rights
passed by France's National Constituent Assembly a fundamental document of the French Revolution and the history of human and civil rights. -
The Congress of Vienna
conference of ambassadors of European states chaired by Austrian statesman Klemens Wenzel von Metternich, and held in Vienna from November 1814 to June 1815 -
March on Versailles
The price for Bread which is one main food source for the people jumped dramatically people faced a real threat of starvation. Nearly 7,000 working women – armed with pitchforks, pikes and muskets marched from Paris to Versailles. On their march back from Versailles, the women of Paris sang that they were bringing
“the baker, the baker’s wife. THey wanted the “baker” Louis XVI to
provide the cheap bread that they needed to live
