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Louis XIII built Versailles in 1631. His successor, Louis XIV expanded the palace even more. -
Versailles became the headquarters of the government. He hoped to extract more control of the government from the nobility and to distance himself from the population of Paris. -
Louis XVI was 15 years old when he married Marie Antoinette . Marie Antoinette was 14 years. -
An emblematic work of the revolutionary period, this historical representation represents a key moment. The men of the National Assembly swore an oath never to stop meeting until a constitution had been established. -
The Revolution precipitated a series of European wars. France was on the brink of bankruptcy due to its involvement in the American Revolution and King Louis XVI's extravagant spending.
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Fears that King Louis XVI was about to arrest France's newly constituted National Assembly. Led a crowd of Parisians to successfully besiege the Bastille -
Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen. One of the basic charters of human liberties, containing the principles that inspired the French Revolution. -
A procession of women, accompanied by a few men, met at Versailles. At this time, the king was hunting at Meudon, while Marie-Antoinette was walking on the Trianon estate. -
He was found guilty of treason, traitor, murderer and Public Enemy. -
The Terror, was a period of violence during the French Revolution. a violent period during the French Revolution when the revolutionary government executed thousands of people suspected of opposing the revolution. -
Overthrew the system of government under the Directory in France. Substituted the Consulate, making way for the despotism of Napoleon Bonaparte -
Architect of France's recovery following the Revolution before setting out to conquer Europe. Which led to his downfall.
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The resulting Civil Code of France. Marked the first major revision and reorganization of laws since the Roman era. -
Napoleon I and his wife Joséphine were crowned Emperor and Empress of the French. Napoleon wanted to prove his prestige and compete with kings of neighboring countries. -
Napoleon's army eventually reached Moscow. Abandoned and destroyed by the Russian army based on the scorched-earth policy -
Napoleon's exile on Elba—an island in the Tyrrhenian Sea just 10 miles from the Italian mainland. -
The Battle of Waterloo was fought between Napoleon's French Army. A coalition led by the Duke of Wellington and Marshal Blücher.