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The Palace of Versailles is a royal house that was made for Louis XIV. The Palace of Versailles had lots of parties and was located just outside of Paris France. -
He moved the capital in hopes of gaining more control. He also wanted to distance himself from Paris. -
King Louis XVI gets married to the archduchess Marie Antoinette. Marie becomes the Queen of France and is King Louis XVI's only wife. -
Was a period of political, and radical change throughout France. It started with the Estates General of 1789, and ended with the formation of the French Consulate.
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When the members of the third estate got locked out of the meeting and decided to have their own meeting on a tennis court. It is called an oath because that day they made an oath to, "not to separate until the constitution of the kingdom is established. -
An event where revolutionaries stormed the bastille in order to seize control of the medieval armory. They stormed in because they didn't believe in how things were being handled and how people were getting treated. -
When women marched to the Palace of Versailles about the issue of food shortages. They did this in hopes that the king would do something about it. -
This was the day that King Louis XVI was executed due to him failing to honor his role as king. He was executed by guillotine. -
Was a period of time where lots of massacres and public executions took place. It was named the reign of terror because of how much terror this period of time caused. -
Napoleon created this rules to reform the French System. The code stabilized the government and economy of France. -
Napoleon crowned himself emperor so he could be in charge. His ceremony took place in the Cathedral of Notre-Dame. -
Napoleon became emperor to show that he would not be controlled or listen to any other power. He crowned himself emperor and he was a french military leader.
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This was where Napoleon tried to invade Russia but failed. It failed because of poor discipline, diseases, and bad logistics. -
Napoleon was exiled to the island of Elba at first and then relocated to the island of Saint Helena. He was exiled because his forces gave up and Napoleon offered to step down in favor of his son. -
Was a battle fought near Waterloo of the Netherlands. This battle was between Napoleon's forces and the British and Prussians and Napoleon's force were defeated.