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french revolution

  • palace of versailles built

    palace of versailles built

    it was built in 1634.And it was built by louis le vau and was constructed and finished by many others.
  • king Louis moved capital of France to Paris to Versailles

    king Louis moved capital of France to Paris to Versailles

    He moved it to escape the turmoil.He also moved to escape the revolts that were happening
  • when king Louis XVI married Marie Antoinette

    when king Louis XVI married Marie Antoinette

    they married to strengthen the alliance with Austria.Louis was 15 and Marie was 14
  • when the declaration of the rights of man and citizen was written

    when the declaration of the rights of man and citizen was written

    was intended to serve as a preamble to the french constitution of 1791.which established a constitutional monarchy.
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    french revolution

    The French Revolution was a period of major social upheaval that began in 1787 and ended in 1799. It sought to completely change the relationship between the rulers and those they governed and to redefine the nature of political power.
  • tennis court oath

    tennis court oath

    This started because 567 members of the third estate found them selves locked out of the hall of Versailles.Then they went to a nearby tennis court and there they took he oath
  • Bastille is stormed

    Bastille is stormed

    They stormed the bastille because they wanted to get to the ammunition and arms not to free the prisoners.At the time over 300,000 pounds of gun powder was stored there
  • woman´s march on Versailles

    woman´s march on Versailles

    they ransacked the city armory for weapons and marched to the palace of Versailles.This happened because they were concerned over the high price and scarcity of bread
  • King Louis XVI is executed

    King Louis XVI is executed

    a secret cupboard containing proof of louis´s counter-revolutionary beliefs and correspondence with foreign powers was discovered in Tuileries palace.He was executed by guillotine.
  • the reign of terror

    the reign of terror

    a period of state-sanctioned violence and mass executions during the french revolution
  • napoleon launches a coup d´etat on the weak and corrupt and directory

    napoleon launches a coup d´etat on the weak and corrupt and directory

    it overthrew the system of government under the directory in France and substituted the consulate.making way for the despotism of Napoleon Bonaparte
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    Napoleon as emperor

    He revolutionized military organization and training; sponsored the Napoleonic Code, the prototype of later civil-law codes; reorganized education; and established the long-lived Concordat with the papacy.And it was called the Bourbon Restoration
  • creations of the Napoleonic code

    creations of the Napoleonic code

    Napoleon set out to reform the french legal system in accordance with the ideas french revolution.France did not have a single set of laws specifically,Jean-Jacques Régis de Cambacérès led the drafting process of a single civil law code.
  • napoleon crowns himself emperor

    napoleon crowns himself emperor

    he did this because he wanted to symbolically showed that he would not be controlled by Rome or submit to any power other than himself.he also did this as a show of strength to reassure his allies and to quell any potential uprisings of anarchy by proclaiming himself the highest authority in France
  • defeat in russian campaign

    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. On June 24, 1812, ignoring the advice of his closest advisors, Napoleon invaded Russia.
  • when Napoleon was exiled

    when Napoleon was exiled

    when napoleon offered to step down for his son he was exiled and sent to Elba.Signaled the end of France´s domain of Europe
  • battle of waterloo

    battle of waterloo

    french attempts to dominate Europe,and destroyed Napoleon´s imperial power forever.It took place because when Napoleon escaped exile he went on offensive.

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