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French Revolution

  • Palace of Versailles Built

    Palace of Versailles Built

    This was a personal household for the King. Many different offices were held here such as the Chief offices of state. Mainly so Louis XIV could keep an eye on them.
  • King Louis moved the capital of France from Paris to Versailles

    King Louis moved the capital of France from Paris to Versailles

    This was formed to so that the higher nobles, and royal princes couldn't have any say in what the government did. And so he could escape the turmoil Paris was subjecting too.
  • King Louis XVI marriage to Marie Antoinette

    King Louis XVI marriage to Marie Antoinette

    The young couple was forced into marriage at a young age as he was only 16 and she was only 14. By this hopeful marriage they thought that this would strengthen it's alliance with Austria as Marie was the daughter of an Austrian Archduchess.
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    French Revolution

    The French Revolution was a long extended time of war you had many different events and deaths that took place. It was almost a changing period of time.
  • Tennis Court Oath

    Tennis Court Oath

    The Tennis court oath was established so that there would be no separation and or to reassemble wherever is necessary until the Constitution of the Kingdom would be established.
  • Bastille is Stormed

    Bastille is Stormed

    This was a prison on the east side of Paris that was attacked by many angry people and they was a very aggressive group. They actually didn't come to bail the prisoners out they came to tear down the walls of the prison which held a lot of ammunition which is what they would need in order to fight.
  • When Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizens was written

    When Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizens was written

    The national French Constitution threw this assembly together in order to define individual and collective rights for the people at the time the French Revolution was going on.
  • Women's march on Versailles

    Women's march on Versailles

    This was an event that took start at the very early beginning of the French Revolution. This march gave a lot of confidence to the revolutionaries and a lot of power to the people over the King.
  • King Louis is executed XVI

    King Louis is executed XVI

    King Louis will be held accountable for trying to abandon his people and also trying to dress up as a peasant to try and escape Austria. No one was quite to happy with what he had done. That is not suit for a King. As they put him on trial to be executed for what he had done.
  • The Reign of Terror

    The Reign of Terror

    Louis and Marie will be accused of treason and abandoning their people. Not long after Louis execution a guy named Maximilian Robespierre would soon to lead a committee that would launch a world wide event which comes with repression and sooner or later will be called the Reign of Terror
  • Napoleon launches a Coup d'Etat on the weak and corrupt directory

    Napoleon launches a Coup d'Etat on the weak and corrupt directory

    Napoleon launched a coup d'etat to overthrow the system of the government under the directory of France and sooner or later substituted it with Consulate making way for the despotism of Napoleon.
  • Creation of the Napoleonic Code

    Creation of the Napoleonic Code

    This code was made to give more freedom out to everyone especially since all the rules were being ran over by the Roman Catholic Church. This code informed people that there would be no more prejudice laws and there would be laws made of common sense.
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    Napoleon as Emperor

    Napoleon crowned himself as emperor. He took complete control of everything himself in order to reign and have power of everything.
  • Defeat in Russian Campaign

    Defeat in Russian Campaign

    Napoleon had made the mistake in engaging war with Russia. His whole army was defeated which led Russia into taking Europe and Austria as their new allies. Leaving Napoleon in not so good of a place.
  • Napoleon crowns himself emperor

    Napoleon crowns himself emperor

    Napoleon crowned himself to show that he could no longer be controlled by Rome or anyone for that matter. It was also his way of getting power all to himself.
  • Battle of Waterloo

    Battle of Waterloo

    This battle was Napoleons last battle forever as his troops were all defeated which led to him being defeated as well. This marked the end of his reign.
  • Napoleon is exiled

    Napoleon is exiled

    Napoleon was sadly exiled to the island of Elba where he would spend the rest of his days living there by himself.