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It is known as Chateau de Versailles in French. Hall of Mirrors has a total of 357 mirrors.
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Before Louis it was mostly used as a royal hunting lodge. King Louis expanded it to make it his own palace.
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Marie married Louis XVI when she was only 15 years old. She became a target for gossip.
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He rose to power during the French Revolution and had many successful outcomes. He was one who crowned himself.
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It was focused on changing the relationship between the rulers and those they governed and to redefine the nature of political power.
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Showed the growing unrest against Louis XVI. He laid the foundation of the Declaration of the Rights of Man.
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It was a prison on the east side of Paris. It was attacked by a mob that was very angry and aggressive.
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It was a state prison known as Bastille. It was attacked by angry and aggressive mobs.
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Focused on "men are born and remain free and equal in rights." It specified liberty, private property, inviolability of the person, and resistance to oppression.
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Principle of The Declaration of the Rights of Man focused on "men are born and remain free and equal in rights". Specified the rights of liberty, private property, inviolability of the person, and resistance to oppression.
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It was one of the events that started the French Revolution. Gave revolutionaries confidence in the power of the people over the king.
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Crowed of women demanding bread for their families. It was also known as the "October March."
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He was sentenced to death by French National Convention. He was executed in the Place de Revolution in Paris.
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The Reign of Terror was one of the most violent time periods between two rivals. Many people were killed by the guillotine.
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Overthrew the system of government under the Directory in France. It is often viewed as the effective end of the French Revolution.
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It took a total of four years before to make the code. It gave post-revolutionary for France its first coherent set of laws concerning property, colonial affairs, the family and individual rights.
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While he made himself emperor he also made Josephine Empress. It took place in the Cathedral of Notre-Dame in Paris.
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They refused to be part of the continental blockade of British goods any longer. Napoleon's trade with Great Britain was ruining the Russian economy.
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He was exiled after the defeat in the Battle of Waterloo. He was exiled on an island in Saint Helena.
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Napoleon's forces were finally defeated by the British and Prussians. It marked the end of his reign and of France's domination in Europe.