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Palace of Versailles Built
The Palace of Versailles was the royal residence in France from 1682 to 1789. It was eventually abandoned and almost completely destroyed in 1715 before King Louis XVI took the throne. -
King Louis moved the capital of France from Paris to Versailles
When The Palace of Versailles was finished being built King Louis moved into the palace. He then declared his new residence the new capital of France. -
King Louis XVI married Marie Antoinette
King Louis and Marie Antoinette were married at the Palace of Versailles. Marie was Austrian royalty and Louis was a prince at the time, they were very young and married for the two countries ally to be stronger. -
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French Revolution
A time period when Frances government was being fought against because the people didn't think the government was being beneficial to the commons people. -
Tennis Court Oath
This was a pivotal point during the French Revolution. The third french estate voted "not to separate and to reassemble wherever necessary, until the constitution of the kingdom is established." -
Bastille is Stormed
The Bastille had been a symbol of the monarchy's rule. The people wanted to take power from the monarch and this was how they did it. -
Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen
A human civil rights document written during the French Revolution. It gave the common people the rights that they deserved. -
Women's March on Versailles
This was very important for the French Revolution, it gave revolutionaries the confidence to go through with the revolution. It all started because the women had heard of the king and queen storing a lot of bread and wheat, which was very scarce during this time. -
king Louis is executed
King Louis was executed because he was convicted of high treason for trying to flee from his country. He was publicly executed by the guillotine after he was dethroned. -
Reign of Terror
A time period during the French Revolution that was very brutal and violent. 17,000 people were killed during public executions. -
Napoleon launches a coup on the corrupt directory
Napoleon felt that the Directory was weak and corrupt. He gathered a lot of people to overthrow the government, which was viewed as the effective end of the revolution. -
Creation of the Napoleonic Code
The Napoleonic Code is basically the French civil code. It gave people, specifically women, individual rights and sort of like a justice system. -
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Napoleon as Emperor
Napoleon was a very good military leader but not a very good leader for a country, which is why he was exiled twice. -
Napoleon crowns himself emperor
Napoleon took the crown from the pope as a sign of importance and power. He crowned himself as to show that he could not b controlled by anything or anyone. -
Defeat in Russian Campaign
Napoleon tried to defeat Russia during the winter. Most of Napoleons army were killed in army, starvation, and pure coldness. -
Battle of Waterloo
Napoleon had been fighting with Britain for years at this point and he just wanted to defeat them. He met in Belgium and fought against the Prussians and Great Britain. Napoleon was very unprepared and obviously lost the battle against the two allies. -
Napoleon was Exiled
Napoleon was exiled two times once to the Island of Elba and a second time to St. Helena. He was exiled because of his defeats and loss of a lot of things for his country.
