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French Revolution
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Palace of Versailles built
This place was important because for the members of the third estate it represented excesses and failure of the king and queen. It was originally built by Louis XIII in 1623 and a hunting lodge. -
When king Louis moved the capital of France from Paris to versailles
He hoped to extract more control of the government from the nobility and to distract himself from the population of Paris. -
When king Louis XVI married Marie Antoinette
Louis was 15 and Marie was 14. France hoped their marriage would strengthen its alliance with Austria. -
Tennis court Oath
The members of the French third estate took this oath in the tennis court which had been built in 1686. Originally used for the Versailles palace. -
Bastille is stormed
An event that occurred in Paris. This was when revolutionaries stormed and seized control of the medieval armory. -
Women’s march on Versailles
Also known as the October March. This ended the kings independence and signified the change of power and reforms about to overtake France. -
King Louis is executed XVI
Ultimately unwilling to cede his royal power to the revolutionary government. He was found guilty of treason and condemned to death. -
The reign of Terror
This was commonly called “The Terror”. This was a period of the french revolution when a series of massacres and numerous public executions took place. -
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Napoleon as Emperor
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Napoleon launches a Coup d’Etat on the weak & corrupt Directory
Napoleon plotted a coup within the coup, ultimately gaining power for himself rather than Sieyès. On the 18 of Brumaire, three of the five Directors resigned, which prevented a quorum and thus practically abolished the Directory. -
Creation of the Napoleonic Code
The Napoleonic Code made the authority of men over their families stronger, deprived women of any individual rights, and reduced the rights of illegitimate children. All male citizens were also granted equal rights under the law and the right to religious dissent, but colonial slavery was reintroduced. -
Napoleon crowns himself emperor.
Napoleon's elevation to emperor was overwhelmingly approved by the French citizens in the French constitutional referendum of 1804. Among Napoleon's motivations for being crowned were to gain prestige in international royalist and Catholic circles and to lay the foundation for a future dynasty. -
Defeat in Russian Campaign
In 1811, Tsar Alexander I, supposedly allied with Napoleon, refused to be part of the continental blockade of British goods any longer. The defeat by the Russians marked the beginning of the fall of the French empire leading to the final defeat of the French army at Waterloo in 1815. -
When he was exiled
Napoleon was subsequently exiled to the island of Saint Helena off the coast of Africa. Six years later, he died, most likely of stomach cancer, and in 1840 his body was returned to Paris, where it was interred in the Hotel des Invalides. -
Battle of Waterloo
Napoleon rose through the ranks of the French army during the French Revolution, seized control of the French government in 1799 and became emperor in 1804. The Battle of Waterloo, in which Napoleon's forces were defeated by the British and Prussians, marked the end of his reign and of France's domination in Europe. -
When the Declaration of the right of man and of the citizen was written
Was set by Frances National Constituent Assembly. Is a human civil rights document from the French Revolution.