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38 Cards in this Set
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War of Spanish Succession
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1702-1714
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War of Austrian Succession
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1740-1748
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Seven Years' War pits Prussia and Britain against Austria, France and Russia
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1756-1763
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Louis XVI announces meeting of Estates-General to be held in May 1789
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August 1788
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Estates-General convenes
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May 5, 1789
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Third Estate declares itslef the National Assembly
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June 17, 1789
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Oath of the Tennis Court
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June 20, 1789
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Revolution of peasantry begins
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July 20, 1789
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Parisian women march to Versailles; force Louis XVI and family to return to Paris
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October 5, 1789
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Monasteries, covents dissolved
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February 1790
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Civil Constitution of the Clergy
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July 1790
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Louis XVI and family attempt to flee Paris; are captured and returned
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June 1791
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France declares war on Austria
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April 1792
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Storming of the Tuileries
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10 August 1792
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Revolutionary calendar implemented
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September 22, 1792
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Louis XVI executed
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Janurary 1793
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Robespierre assumes leadership of Committee of Public Safety
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July 1793
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Reign of Terror
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1793-1794
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Robspierre guillotined
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1794
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Napoleon overthrows the Directory and seizes power
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1799
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Napoleon establishes consulate, becomes First Consul
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1799
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Napoleon reestablishes relations with pope, restores Roman Catholic hierarchy
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1801
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Plebiscite declares Napoleon First Consul for life
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1802
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Napoleon proclaims himself the Emperor of the French
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1804
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Continental System Implemented
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1806
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Frances engaged in Peninsular War with Spain
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1808-1814
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Napoleon invades Russia
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June 1812
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French Army reaches Moscow, is trapped by Russian Winter
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September 1812
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Napoleon defeated at Battle of Nations at Leipzig
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1813
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Napoleon abdicates and goes into exile on island of Elba
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March 1814
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Napoleon escapes Elba and attempts to reclaim Power
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March 1815
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Napoleon is defeated at Waterloo and exiled to island of Saint Helena
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June 15, 1815
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Death of Louis XV
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1774
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War of American Independence
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1775-1883
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Popular Revolt
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1789-1792
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Directory Rule
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1794-1799
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Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizens
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August 26, 1789
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Storming of the Bastille
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July 14, 1789
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