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The Palace of Versailles is a a royal residence outside of Paris. It used to be the home of Louis XIV.
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He began expanding it into his palace. He changed the capital from Paris to Versailles to escape the turmoil Paris was subject to.
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King Louis married Marie with the hope of strengthening their alliance with Austria.
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The French Revolution was a period of major social upheaval. It sought to completely change the relationship between the rulers and those they governed and to redefine the nature of political power.
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The members of the French Third Estate took the Tennis Court Oath voting "Not to separate and to reassemble wherever necessary, until the Constitution of the kingdom is established.
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A state prison on the east side of Paris, known as the Bastille, was attacked by an angry and aggressive mob. The prison had become of the monarchy's dictatorial rule.
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The French National Constituent Assembly issued the Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen which defined individual and collective rights at the time of the French Revolution.
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Was also known as the October March, or simply the March on Versailles. was one of the earliest and most significant events of the French Revolution
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He was convicted of conspiracy with foreign powers and King Louis was executed by guillotine.
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This was a period of violence during the French Revolution.
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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
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The Napoleonic Code made the authority of men over their families stronger, deprived women of any individual rights, and reduced the rights illegitimate children.
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Napoleon proclaimed himself emperor, and made Josephine Empress. This took place in the Cathedral of Notre-Dame in Paris.
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Napoleon was a French military leader and emperor who conquered much of Europe. After seizing political power in France, he crowned himself emperor.
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Napoleon gathered his fearsome Grande Armée, more than half a million strong, on the banks of the Niemen River
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Napoleon's broken forces gave up and Napoleon offered to step down in favor of his son. His offer was rejected, he was abdicated and was sent to Elba.
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The Battle of Waterloo took place in Belgium. Napoleon Bonaparte suffers defeat at the hands of Duke of Wellington.
