USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -1789 Storming of the Bastille ignites the French Revolution. Economic and social inequalities in the Old Regime helped cause the French Revolution. Throughout history, economic and social inequalities have at times led peoples to revolt against their governments.

Detailed explanation-2: -A legacy of the Age of Enlightenment, the motto “Liberté, Egalité, Fraternité” first appeared during the French Revolution. Although it was often called into question, it finally established itself under the Third Republic.

Detailed explanation-3: -Phase 2 of the French Revolution. began a wave of killings in Paris from September 2 – 7, 1792. Over 1500 people were killed in Paris, including about 200 priests, hundreds of Swiss guards & many petty criminals.

Detailed explanation-4: -The 1802 Treaty of Amiens, between France and Britain, marks the end of the French Revolutionary Wars and the beginning of the Napoleonic Wars, in which shifting alliances of European nations sought to stop Napoleon’s conquests and end his reign as ruler of France.

Detailed explanation-5: -Napoleon Bonaparte took power in France on November 9th/10th 1799. The coup of 18/19 Brumaire in the Year VIII of the republican calendar is generally taken to mark the end of the French Revolution and the beginning of Napoleon Bonaparte’s dictatorship.