Part 1 of the French Revolution. From the Convocation of the Estates General to the storming of the Bastille.
Course
History
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12 Lectures
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Royals try to escape. Champ De Mars Massacre. Declaration of Pillnitz. Movement towards becoming a Republic.
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The Reign of Terror.
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The rise of Napoleon Bonaparte.
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Slaves rebel in Saint-Domingue (Haiti). Rise of Toussaint L'Ouverture.
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Dessalines takes on Leclerc and Rochambeau.
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Overview of the first two coalitions against France and Napoleon's roles in them.
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Napoleon leads France to become the dominant power in Europe. Napoleon I becomes Emperor of France.
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Napoleon takes on Prussia and Russia and wins again.
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French forces get embroiled in the Iberian Peninsula.
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Napoleon's disastrous invasion of Russia.
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The Sixth Coalition forces Napoleon into exile on Elba.