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Absolutism
Monarchical absolutism prevailed in much of western Europe, and it was widespread in the 17th and 18th centuries. Besides France, whose absolutism was epitomized by Louis XIV, absolutism existed in a variety of other European countries, including Spain, Prussia, and Austria. -
Louis Moved capital
Louis changed the capital from Paris to Versailles to escape the turmoil Paris was subject to. He invited all of the aristocracy to live with him on the grounds, not because he liked them, but because he could control them. -
Frederick the Great
He drained swamps, new crops like potatoes, gave seed and tools to peasants who suffered in Prussian wars, tolerated religious differences, reorganized civil services, and simplified laws. -
Catherine the Great
Wrote to Diderot and Voltaire, limited reform, gave nobles a charter of rights, spoke out against serfdom, and expanded Russian Empire. She was the Queen of Russia. -
Louis Married Marie Antoinette
At Versailles, Louis, the French dauphin, marries Marie Antoinette, the daughter of Austrian Archduchess Maria Theresa and Holy Roman Emperor Francis I. France hoped their marriage would strengthen its alliance with Austria, its longtime enemy. -
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The French Revolution
A period of time in France when the people overthrew the monarchy and took control of the government. The French Revolution lasted 10 years from 1789 to 1799. It began on July 14, 1789 when revolutionaries stormed a prison called the Bastille. -
Tennis Court Oath
In Versailles, France, the deputies of the Third Estate meet on the Jeu de Paume, an indoor tennis court, in defiance of King Louis XVI’s order to disperse. They took a historic oath not to give up until a new French constitution had been adopted. -
Storming of Bastille
The storming of Bastille took place on July 14, 1789.Louis feared the rebellion so he sent troops to the Bastille looking for weapons. The Bastille is in Paris and Versailles. -
The Declaration of the Rights of Man
The Declaration of the Rights of Man is a document of the French Revolution. It defines the individual and collective rights of all the estates of the realm as universal. -
The Terror
The Terror is a period in France where the number of people executed by the revolutionary cause using the guillotine reached over 16,000. -
The Kings Problems
One day the king asked representatives to submit problems that they had with the way things were run. The feedback was overwhelming because it was all bad and everything that the king had done the people didn't like. This eventually erupted into violence and created mobs -
Angry Mobs
When Louis was king he had a lot of bad laws that people didn't like. The more and more he added the more that people hated him. The main law that pushed it over the edge was the overwhelming taxes. This caused people to rebel and get violent. Causing mobs to form. -
Committee of Public Safety
The Committee of Public Safety is a political body of the French Revolution that gained virtual dictatorial control over France during the Reign of Terror. This committee was made to provide for the defense of the nation against it's enemies. -
Napoleon's Basic Info
Napoleon was born in Corsica. When he grew up he joined the military. He rapidly rose through the ranks during the French Revolution. -
Napoleon Before Emperor
Napoleon led a military expedition to Europe. This gave him a big step up to political power. The amount that the people liked him inspired him to keep moving forward. -
Napoleon Claiming Power
After seizing political power in France, he crowned himself emperor. He successfully waged war and expanded his empire. -
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Napoleon as Emperor
A French military leader and emperor who conquered much of Europe in the early 19th century. Born on the island of Corsica, Napoleon rapidly rose through the ranks of the military during the French Revolution -
Napoleons Fall
After a French invasion on Russia that went wrong Napoleon gave up the throne. He then got exiled to the island of Elba -
Death of a King
Napoleon died from an advanced case of gastric cancer contrary to what people thought. At first people thought that it was arsenic poison. -
Napoleon Bonaparte
Once he got exiled a few years later he returned to the position in 1815. He lived on until he died on May 5, 1821.
