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Absolutism and the French Revolution
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King Louis moved to Versailles
The king moved from Paris to his private estate in Versailles. -
Censorship
Was the idea of restricting people from hearing or reading about new ideas or new information. -
King LouisXVI married Marie Antoinette
King LouisXVI of France married Marie Antoinette of Austria. -
Salons
The gathering of artists and thinks exchanging ideas. -
The Tennis Court Oath
The Third Estate vowed to write a new constitution for France
Refused to end the meeting until the King agreed
Louis XVI finally gives in and allows each representative a vote -
Bastille
The prison that got stormed -
Bastille is Stormed
A mob goes to the Bastille looking for weapons
Swarms the prison and kills the commander when negotiations fail -
Women’s March on Versailles
The Women's March on Versailles, also known as The October March, The October Days, or simply The March on Versailles, was one of the earliest and most significant events of the French Revolution. -
The new constitution is completed
The new constitution is completed
A Legislative Assembly is created
Monarchy is severely restricted -
Guillotine
Mechanized device for execution by beheading adopted during the French Revolution -
Louis XVI was executed via guillotine
Louis XVI was tried for treason and condemned
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Became commander of French armies in Italy
Fails to take Egypt in 1799 & returns to France -
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Napoleon as emperor
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Created the Napoleonic Code
Individual rights
Abolition of all feudal practices
Women were “less than men” -
Defeat in Russian Campaign
Russia refused to fight to invade French Then many died to the weather. -
Battle of Waterloo
Defeated and sent to 2nd exile in the south Atlantic
Died there in 1821 -
Exiled to island of Corsica
napoleon exiled to island of Corsica -
Battle of Waterloo
Defeated and sent to 2nd exile in the south Atlantic
Died there in 1821
