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When King Louis moved the capital of France from Paris to Versailles
he moved the royal Court to the Palace of Versailles, the defining symbol of his power and influence in Europe -
Palace of Versailles built
it provided Europe with a model of the ideal royal residence for over a century -
When King Louis XVI married Marie Antoinette
Marriage of the Dauphin Louis and Marie Antoinette -
Tennis Court Oath
representatives of the clergy and nobles of France swore they would not disperse until a constitution was established for France -
When The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen was written
idea of the Constituent Assembly, which was formed by the assembly of the Estates General to draft a new Constitution, and precede it with a declaration of principles -
Women’s March on Versailles
a riot that took place during this first stage of the French Revolution -
Bastille is Stormed
hundreds of Parisians stormed the Bastille, a state prison, seizing 250 barrels of gunpowder and freeing its prisoners -
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French Revolution
It looked to completely change the relationship between the rulers and those they governed and to redefine the nature of political power, -
King Louis XVI is executed
Louis Capet, King of France was beheaded by the guillotine -
The Reign of Terror
the public executions and mass killings of thousands of counter revolutionary suspects -
Napoleon launches a Coup d’Etat on the weak & corrupt Directory.
overthrew the system of government under the Directory in France and substituted the Consulate, making way for the despotism of Napoleon Bonaparte -
Creation of the Napoleonic Code
marked the first major revision and reorganization of laws since the Roman era -
Napoleon crowns himself emperor.
he snatched the crown from the hands of Pope Pius VII and crowned himself -
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Napolean as Emperor
he crowned himself emperor in 1804 and successfully waged war against various coalitions of European nations and expanded his empire -
Defeat in Russian Campaign
Napoleon's army eventually reached a Moscow abandoned and destroyed by the Russian army based on the scorched earth policy -
When he was exiled (Napolean)
He was exiled to the island of Elba, between Corsica and Italy -
Battle of Waterloo
Napoleon's French Army and a coalition led by the Duke of Wellington and Marshal Blücher