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Palace of Versailles built
-Is a former royal house, now is a national landmark
-Versailles was one of the biggest theaters -
When King Louis moved the capital of France from Paris to Versailles
-Louis XIV wanted to get more control of the government from the nobility
-He also wanted to distance himself from the population of Paris -
When King Louis XVI married Marie Antoinette
-The marriage was for the Franco-Austrian alliance
-This had many opponents among French elites and commoners -
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french revvolution
-Was a period of radical political and societal change in France
-Began with the Estates General and ended with the formation of the French Consulate -
Tennis Court Oath
-A commitment to a national constitution and representative government
-At the Estates-General at Versailles -
Bastille is Stormed
-To get ammunition and arms
-At the time, over 30,000 pounds of gunpowder was stored at the Bastille -
When The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen was written
-Was formed by the assembly of the Estates General to draft a new Constitution
-Precede it with a declaration of principles -
Women’s March on Versailles
-The march symbolized a new balance of power
-Ended the king's independence and signified the change of power -
King Louis is executed
-Louis XVI was found guilty of treason
-He was guillotined -
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the ring of terror
-A period of violence during the French Revolution
-Incited by conflict between two rival political groups -
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corrupt Directory
-France's treasury was nearly empty
-Money had lost nearly all of its value -
Napoleon launches a Coup d’Etat on the weak
-Overthrew the system of government under the Directory in France
-The event is often viewed as the effective end of the French Revolution -
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Napoleon as Emperor
-Rose to prominence during the French Revolution
-Led several successful campaigns during the Revolutionary Wars -
Creation of the Napoleonic Code
-Addressed mainly matters relating to property and families
-Reorganization of laws since the Roman era -
Napoleon crowns himself emperor
-Proclaimed himself emperor, and made Josephine Empress
-He placed the crown on his own head, and then crowned Josephine Empress. -
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Defeat in Russian Campaign
-Napoleon emerged as the victor of the encounter
-He lost only 1/5 of his troops -
Battle of Waterloo
-During the hundred days
-The period from Napoleon's escape from exile to the return of Louis XVIII -
When he was exiled
-Defeat at waterloo, then exiled to the island of Saint Helena
-Died 6 years later