French Revolution

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  • Palace of Versailles built

    former royal residence located in Versailles, about 12 miles west of Paris, France.

  • When King Louis moved the capital of France from Paris to Versailles

    Louis moved in, and changed the capital from Paris to Versailles to escape the turmoil Paris was subject to.

  • When King Louis XVI married Marie Antoinette

    Marriage of the Dauphin Louis and Marie-Antoinette

  • When The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen was written

    an idea of the Constituent Assembly, which was formed by the assembly of the Estates General to draft a new Constitution
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    French Revolution

    period of radical political and societal change in France

  • Tennis Court Oath

    dramatic act of defiance by representatives of the nonprivileged classes of the French nation

  • Bastille is Stormed

    revolutionaries stormed and seized control of the medieval armory, fortress, and political prison known as the Bastille.

  • Women's March on Versailles

    one of the earliest and most significant events of the French Revolution.

  • King Louis is executed XVI

    Ultimately unwilling to cede his royal power to the Revolutionary government, Louis XVI was found guilty of treason and condemned to death.

  • The Reign of Terror

    period of the French Revolution