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The original residence was primarily a hunting lodge and private retreat for Louis XIII. Every detail of its construction was intended to glorify the king. -
It was first used as his royal hunting lodge. He then began to expand it into his personal palace. He turned it into the capital from Paris to Versailles to escape the turmoil Paris was subject to. -
Marie was 14 years old when they got married. Louis XVI was 15 years old. -
Period of radical political and societal change in France. Began with the Estates-General of 1789 and ended with the formation of the French Consulate in November 1799.
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A commitment to a national constitution and representative government. It was taken by delegates at the Estates-General at Versailles. -
Revolutionaries stormed and seized control of the medieval armory, fortress, and political prison. They wanted the people to be free and stole ammunition and arms. -
Was formed by the assembly of the Estates-General to draft a new Constitution. The Declaration was intended to serve as a preamble to the French Constitution of 1791 -
On the morning of October 5, 1789, a large group of women in a Paris marketplace began to revolt. They marched through Paris demanding bread at a fair price. -
He was unwilling to cede his royal power to the Revolutionary government. Louis XVI was found guilty of treason and condemned to death. -
The period of state-sanctioned violence and mass executions during the French Revolution. France's revolutionary government ordered the arrest and execution of thousands of people. -
This overthrew the system of government under the Directory in France and substituted the Consulate. This event is often viewed as the effective end of the French Revolution. -
Napoleon was a French military and political leader who rose to prominence during the French Revolution and led several successful campaigns during the Revolutionary Wars.
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Enacted on March 21, 1804, the resulting Civil Code of France marked the first major revision and reorganization of laws since the Roman era. This addressed mainly matters relating to property and families. -
On May 18, 1804, Napoleon proclaimed himself emperor and made Josephine Empress. His coronation ceremony took place on December 2, 1804, in the Cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris -
Napoleon's invasion of Russia is one of the best-studied military campaigns in history. It failed due to faulty logistics, poor discipline, disease, and not the least, the weather. -
In 1814, 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 was fought on 18 June 1815 between Napoleon's French Army and a coalition led by the Duke of Wellington. This battle lasted 23 years.