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Palace of Versailles
King Louis XIV spends $100 million to build the Palace of Versailles -
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French Revolution
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Louis XIV Death
King Louis XIV dies leaving France in debt. -
Enlightenment
Enlightenment or age of reason reaches its height -
Louis XVI Gets Married
Louis XVI marries Austrian Marie Antoinette. -
Louis XV Dies
Louis XV dies also leaving France in debt from wars fought during his reign; Louis XVI takes over. -
Tax Plan
Peasants mad about new tax plan; Louis calls first meetingof Estates-General in 175 years -
Declaration of Independence
Declaration of Independence is written and the colonists win the American Revoulution in 1781. -
Tennis Court Oath
The Third Estate declared themselves the National Assemply and made the Tennis Court Oath -
Storming of the Bastille
Fearing Louis would use force to dismiss the National Assembly, the people of Paris stormed the Bastille: tore it down. Shortly after The Great Fear would start. -
Declaration of Rights of Man
Declaration of Rights of Man written guaranteeing freedoms of equality, press, religion, and justice. -
Guillotine
Guillotine is introduced -
Maximillen Robespierre
Jacobin leader Maximillen Robespierre is slowly gaining power- wants to erase France's past; becomes leader of Committee of Public Safety and rules France for next year like a dictator. His rule known as the Reign of Terror -
King Louis Executed
King Louis is executed by guillotine -
Death of Jean-Paul Marat
Jean-Paul Marat, member of radical political group Jacobins, is stabbed in bathtub by Charlotte Corday -
Marie Antoinette Executed
Marie Antoinette is executed by guillotine. -
Robespierre Executed
Robespierre is executed by guillotine ending radical phase of revolution -
Royal Family
Royal family attempts to escape but are caught and arrested
