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King Louis moved the capital of France from Paris to Versailles. Louis XIV hoped to extract more control of the government from the nobility. -
King Louis XVI married Marie Antoinette. She's from Austria. -
It's a gorgeous palace. It was built in 1789. -
King Louis XVI needed more money but he failed to raise more taxes. This instead turned into a protest about conditions in France.
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They agreed not to disband until a new French constitution had been adopted. They declared itself the National Assembly. -
Bastille is on the east side of Paris. It was attacked by an angry and aggressive mob. -
The declaration of the rights of man and of the citizen was written. It's a fundamental document of the French Revolution. -
They encouraged by revolutionary agitators. They ransacked the city armory for weapons and marched to the Palace of Versailles. -
King Louis XVI is executed by the guillotine. He was brought to trail for treason. -
France was governed by the National Convention. There was constitutional monarchy. -
Napoleon launched a Coup d'Etat on the weak & corrupt Directory.
The event is often viewed as the effective end of the French Revolution. -
He created a Napoleonic Code. It codified several branches of law. -
Napoleon crowns himself emperor. He became an emperor of France. -
He played a key role in the French Revolution. He also served as first consul of France.
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France defeated in Russian Campaign. causes: faulty logistics, poor discipline and disease etc.. -
He was exiled to the Mediterranean island of Elba. Napoleon's broken forces gave up. -
French attempts to dominate Europe. French destroyed Napoleon's imperial power forever.