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It was built because Versailles had to reflect the King's greatness and it also had to accommodate the Court. -
He moved in hope to extract more control of the government from the nobility and to distance himself from the population of Paris. -
They marries each other because of their common desire to destroy the ambition of Prussia and great Britain. -
The French Revolution lead to the rise of Napoleon Bonaparte. It started because King Louis XVI needed more money.
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The Tennis Court Oath was a key moment that set off the French Revolution. The Tennis Court Oath was when the National Assembly swore to not stop meeting until France had a constitution. -
Hundreds of Parisians stormed the Bastille, seizing 250 barrels of gunpowder and freeing its prisoners. This was a pivotal moment in the French Revolution. -
The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen was written to say men are born free and remain free and equal in rights. Those rights are liberty, security, property, and resistance to oppression. -
The Women’s March on Versailles was when crowds of Parisian market women marched on Versailles demanding reforms. They forced King Louis XVI of France to return with them to Paris. -
In 1793 Louis XVI was found guilty of treason and condemned to death. On January 21, 1793, he was guillotined. -
During the Reign of Terror, France's revolutionary government ordered the arrest and execution of many people. The first person executed was Louis XVI. -
The Coup d'Etat overthrew the system of government under the Directory in France and substituted the Consulate. The Consulate made way for the despotism of Napoleon Bonaparte. -
Napoleonic Code replaced the archaic practices developed under the Roman and feudal rule with modern laws. The modern laws that reflected the socio-political changed in France. -
He became Emperor of the French under the name of Napoleon I. He was also the architect of France's recovery following the Revolution.
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Napoleon crowned himself emperor because he was symbolizing that he was becoming emperor based on his own merits and the will of people. It was ironic because it restored a form of strong monarchy in France. -
The defeat in Russian campaign was when Napoleon lost Russia without suffering a decisive loss on the battlefield. He also lost the near entirety of his overwhelmingly massive army. -
When he was defeated at the Battle of Waterloo, he was forced into exile on Elba. He retained the title of emperor but of the Mediterranean island's 12,000 inhabitants. -
The Battle of Waterloo concluded a war that had raged for 23 years. It also ended French attempts to dominate Europe and destroy Napoleon's imperial power forever.