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Louis auguste, was the last King of France before the fall of the monarchy during the French Revolution. He was referred to as citizen Louis Capet during the four months before he was guillotined.
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The Enlightenment presented a challenge to traditional religious views. Enlightenment thinkers were the liberals of their day.
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Napoleon attended school in mainland France, where he learned the French language, and went on to graduate from a French military academy in 1785.
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In 1789, food shortages and economic crises led to the outbreak of the French Revolution. King Louis and his queen, Mary-Antoinette, were imprisoned and in September the monarchy was abolished
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The Storming of the Bastille occurred in Paris, France. The medieval armory, fortress, and political prison known as the Bastille represented royal authority in the centre of Paris.
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A constitution is a statement of the basic principles and laws of a nation, state, or group, such as the U.S. Constitution.
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The rights of Man and of the Citizen, set by France's National Constituent Assembly in 1789, is a human civil rights document from the French Revolution. The Declaration was drafted by the Abbé Sieyès and the Marquis de Lafayette, in consultation with Thomas Jefferson.
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The prison contained only seven inmates at the time of its storming but was seen by the revolutionaries as a symbol of the monarchy's abuse of power; its fall was the flashpoint of the French Revolution.
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It was the first great uprising of the people against the autocracy of the ruler. It generated ideas of liberty, equality and fraternity which crossed the boundaries of France and influenced whole of Europe.
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formed the provisional government in France during the Reign of Terror, a phase of the French Revolution.
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Age of 24? He gained merit for this advancement in one extraordinarily successful military operation, the first major success in his military career. It was the liberation of the French city of Toulon.
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After his defeat in the battle of Leipzig he was exiled to Elba from where he returned in 1815 to rule for 100 days. He was defeated once again in the battle of waterloo in 1815. Now he was exiled to St. Helena where he died in 1821.
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Napoleon served as first consul of France from 1799 to 1804. In that time, Napoleon reformed the French educational system, developed a civil code the Napoleonic Code. A series of wars that carried over into his reign as
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leading to some speculation after his death that he had been plagued by stomach pain for years.
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He died at age 51 most likely from stomach cancer. During his time in power, Napoleon often posed for paintings with his hand in his vest.
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Barricade, from the French barrique (barrel), is any object or structure that creates a barrier or obstacle to control, block passage or force the flow of traffic in the desired direction. ... They originated in France approximately 50 years ago and are now produced around the world.
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Its purpose was to purge France of enemies of the Revolution and protect the country from foreign invaders.
