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Napoleon Bonaparte
Naps was a french military leader and emperor who conquered most of Europe. He seized power in 1799 in a Coup' De'état, Very skilled military strategist but was too ambitious for his own good, which led him to get exiled twice from France.(after the disastrous battle of Waterloo) -
Tennis Court Oath
The Oath was a pledge signed by 576 of the 577 members from the Third Estate, that they wouldn't disband until there was a new, more fair French constitution. -
Storming of the Bastille.
Basically, these people go to this jail where all the pew pews are at and the hijack the place and cut the guards' heads off and put them on giant toothpicks and walk around the streets of Paris. The Revolution has begun (in my opinion). -
Birth of the National Assembly
The third estate, or the larger populace of France, creates the National Assembly in attempt to diplomatically come to an agreement with the king, Louis XVI.