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Was built to move the French government to it. Louis XIV wanted to show that France could produce mirrors just as fine as those produced in Italy -
Louis XIV changed the capital from Paris to Versailles to escape the confusion Paris was subject to. Louis hoped for more control of the government when he built the palace. -
Their marriage benefited because it meant they had an alliance with Austria. They had more support with military as well. -
It was formed by the assembly of the Estates-General to draft a new Constitution. It defined individual and collective rights at the time of the French Revolution. -
It is a declaration of many principles. It is a human civil rights document from the French revolution.
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The French Revolution was a time of political and societal change. One cause of the revolution was the fairness between the three estates.
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The oath was a commitment to a national constitution and representative government. It was an act that displayed the belief that political authority came from the nation's people and not from the monarch -
Was when the revolutionaries stormed and seized control of the medieval armory, fortress, and political prison known as the Bastille. They did it to secure weapons and ammunitions.
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They wanted to buy bread for a fair price for their families so they began a march. Throughout the march thousands of people joined.
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King Louis XVI was executed by a guillotine. He was executed due to treason. -
Was a time when many executions and murders took place. Thousands of people were arrested during these times. -
He overthrew the corrupt directory and took power. The french directory were very weak so the task was easy. -
It was the first major revision and reorganization of laws since the Roman era. The code addressed things such as property and families mostly. -
He crowned his wife empress and ignored the public ceremony. He was the first Frenchman to hold the title emperor in thousands of years. -
He spread many good ideas throughout Europe because of the French Revolution. He was a very skilled and ambitious emperor.
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Napoleon had one of the best military campaigns. The Russian campaign fell due to weather and disease. -
Napoleon's broken forces gave up and Napoleon offered to step down in favor of his son. When this offer was rejected, he abdicated and was sent to Elba. -
The battle of Waterloo ended the French's attempt at domination over Europe. They also destroyed Napoleon's imperial power forever.
