The Third Estate names themselves the National Assembly. They are forced out of the Estates General. They meet at a nearby tennis court and promise to stick together.
The Beginning of the Napoleonic Era
We are now the 5 man Directory.
Parisians assemble outside the Bastille to get weapons they believed were stocked there but did not find any.
Napoleon's Rise to Power
The new government put Louis XVI on trial as a traitor to France. He and Marie Antoinette were both executed.
Napoleon Declares Himself Emperor
The Napoleonic Era consisted of the new 5 man Directory.
After getting political power from the Directory, Napoleon over threw the Directory and took the title as the First Consul.
I'm becoming more and more powerful everyday!
Napoleon held a plebicite through his rise to get people's approval because he knew the people hated a monarchy.
