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Palace of Versailles built
King Louis XIV wanted the palace of Versailles to be built. He wanted to show his power by building it. -
When King Louis moved the capital of France from Paris to Versailles
Louis XIV hoped to extract more control of the government from the nobility and to distance himself from the population of Paris. he moved his court and government to Versailles -
When King Louis XVI married Marie Antoinette
Louis XVI was 15 years old when he married Marie Antoinette. Their common desire to destroy the ambitions of Prussia and Great Britain and help secure a definitive peace between them led them to seal their alliance with a marriage. -
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French Revolution
It sought to completely change the relationship between the rulers and those they governed and to redefine the nature of political power. It was a response to economic hardship, corruption, and inequality in France. The revolution ended the monarchy, feudalism, and established a republic -
The Tennis Court Oath
The Tennis Court Oath was a key moment that set off the French Revolution.The men of the National Assembly swore an oath never to stop meeting until a constitution had been established. -
Bastille is Stormed
fears that King Louis XVI was about to arrest France's newly constituted National Assembly led a crowd of Parisians to successfully besiege the Bastille. An old fortress that had been used since 1659 as a state prison. -
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, and precede it with a declaration of principles.outlining the fundamental rights of French citizens, including liberty, property, security, and resistance to oppression, and was adopted by the National Constituent Assembly -
Women’s March on Versailles
Concerned over the high price and scarcity of bread, women from the marketplaces of Paris led the March on Versailles.This became one of the most significant events of the French Revolution, eventually forcing the royals to return to Paris -
King Louis XVI is executed
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
The Reign of Terror was a climactic period of state sanctioned violence during the French Revolution which saw the public executions and mass killings of thousands of counter-revolutionary suspects between September 1793 and July 1794 -
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. The event is often viewed as the effective end of the French Revolution. -
Creation of the Napoleonic Code
It clarified and made uniform the private law of France and followed Roman law in being divided into three books. the law of persons, things, and modes of acquiring ownership of things. It was also known as the Civil Code of 1804 or the Code Civil. -
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Napoleon as Emperor
Napoleon Bonaparte, after rising through the ranks of the French military during the French Revolution, seized power in a coup and crowned himself Emperor of France in 1804, known as Napoleon I; he significantly expanded the French Empire through military conquests across Europe, implementing major reforms like the Napoleonic Code -
Napoleon crowns himself emperor.
during the coronation he snatched the crown from the hands of Pope Pius VII and crowned himself. This displaying his rejection of the authority of the Pontiff -
Defeat in Russian Campaign
Of the roughly 600,000 troops who followed Napoleon into Russia, fewer than 100,000 made it out. Napoleon's invincible Grand Army had been destroyed. The Russian Army now flooded into central Europe, taking up Prussia and Austria as allies, and soon the German nationalists rose up in battle as well. -
When he was exiled
The coalition invaded France and captured Paris, forcing Napoleon to abdicate.They exiled him to the Mediterranean island of Elba and restored the Bourbons to power. -
Battle of Waterloo
The decisive battle of its age, it concluded a war that had raged for 23 years, ended French attempts to dominate Europe. destroyed Napoleon's imperial power forever