| A | B |
| 1789 | absolute monarchy, estates general meet, national assembly formed, storming of the Bastile, Decleration of the Rights of Man |
| 1792 | Suspension of King Louis XVI, 1st Republic formed |
| 1793 | Committee of Public Safety, Reign of Terror |
| 1795 | New Constitution, The Directory |
| 1799 | Napolean overthrows Directory |
| 1801 | Napolean as Emporer |
| 1804 | Napolean as Emporer |
| 1815 | Napolean defeated |
| 3 social classes | clergy; nobility; bourgeoise and peasents |
| National Assembly | what the 3rd estate declared themselves as |
| Decleration of the Rights of Man | stated the democartic principles that would be the basis for the French Goverment |
| Civil Constitution of the Clergy | gave the French Goverment control of churches, also allowed citizens to vote aand elect the priests |
| Emigre | political exiles that urged European rulers to refuse the revolutionaries |
| The Moderates | wanted a constitutional monarchy |
| The Radicals | wanted a republic |
| Motto of the French Revolution | Liberty, Equality, Fraternity |