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Built the palace of Versailles to control nobility. This also displayed his wealth and power.
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When Louis was 5 a revolt happened in Paris. He wanted to escape the turmoil in Paris.
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Made France and Austria allies. They wanted to strengthen the relationship between Austria and France.
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The French Revolution was when they disbanded the Ancien Regime in favor of a constitutional monarchy. It was a period of major social upheaval.
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The Tennis Court Oath was a oath that members of the third estate. They swore to never stop meeting until the Constitution of the kingdom was restored.
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The declaration defined individual and collective rights. The American Revolution had some influence on this.
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The women from the marketplaces thought that bread prices and scarcity was to high. This made the royals in Versailles to move back to Paris
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He was found guilty and sentenced to death. King Louis had not addressed Frances economic issues so, they executed him.
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When the French Revolution took a bloody turn and they started to have public executions. The revolution arrested and executed anyone who was thought to not be loyal to the revolution.
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He wanted to become more powerful then everyone else. Napoleon had a coup within a coup and
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Napoleon was a military commander who crowned himself Emperor. He wanted to rule the world but, he fought to many enemies at once.
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The Napoleonic code codified several branches of law. The code made the authority of men stronger over their families.
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Napoleon wanted to show that he will not submit to anyone or anything besides himself. This helped his allies be more at ease and his enemies in France wouldn't rise against him.
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The desperate Russians attempted a scorched earth technique where they burned the crops and houses along the way. The winter came before they were able to get out of Russia.
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Napoleon had assembled an army and planned to attack the coalitions forces. Napoleon was defeated but, his image lived on.
