abel- napoleon french revolution

  • Palace of Versailles built

    king louis xIII of france was responsible for the palace of versailles. it was an opulent castle in a town called versailles 12 1/2 miles from paris.
  • When King Louis moved the capital of France from Paris to Versailles

    he invited all of the aristocracy to live with him on grounds because he could control them
  • When King Louis XVI married Marie Antoinette

    antoinette marrie king louis XVI when she was 15 years old.
  • When The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen was written

    passed france constituent assembly, is a fundamental document of the french rev. that granted civil rights to some commoners
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    french revolution

    a period of major social upheaval that lasted 12 years. it redefined the nature of political power
  • Tennis Court Oath

    was a commitment to a national constitution and representative government
  • Bastille is Stormed

    was attacked by a angry agressive mob, it only held 7 prisoners
  • Women’s March on Versailles

    one of the earliest and most significant events of the french rev. they ransacked the city armory for weapons and marched to the palace of versailles
  • King Louis XVI is executed

    was convicted of conspiracy with foreign powers, was sentenced to death by the french national convention
  • The Reign of Terror

    a period of violence during the french revolution, the death toll ranged in the tens of thousands
  • Napoleon launches a Coup d’Etat on the weak & corrupt Directory.

    over threw the system of government under the directory of france and substituded the consulate
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    Napoleon as Emperor

    he revolutionized military organizations and training, established long lived condordat with the papacy
  • Creation of the Napoleonic Code

    made the authority of men over their family stronger, reduced the rights of illegitimate children, deprived women of any individual rights
  • Napoleon crowns himself emperor.

    napoleon wouldnt let the pope crown some else so he took the crown and placed it on his own head
  • Defeat in Russian Campaign

    napoleon invaded russia, refused to be apart of the continental blockade of british goods any longer
  • When napoleon was exiled

    abdicated the throne, and in the treaty of fontaineblueau, banished to the mediterrainean island of elba
  • Battle of Waterloo

    a war that had raged for 23 years, destroyed napoleons imperial power forever, ended french attempts to dominate europe