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The palace that symbolizes absolute monarchs in France. It was the palace of where they lived. -
Events related to the revolution
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When King Louis moved the capital of France from Paris to Versailles -
When King Louis XVI married Marie Antoinette -
A pledge that was signed in the early days of the French Revolution and was an important revolutionary act that displayed the belief that political authority came from the nation's people and not from the monarchy. -
Revolutionaries stormed and seized control of the medieval armory, fortress, and political prison known as the Bastille. At the time, the Bastille represented royal authority in the center of Paris. -
When The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen was written and created a responsive government. -
Ended the king's independence and signified the change of power and reforms about to overtake France. -
Kind Louis is beheaded and marks a giant step in the revolution. -
The Reign of Terror, also called the Terror, was a period of state-sanctioned violence and mass executions during the French Revolution -
Napoleon launches a Coup d’Etat on the weak & corrupt Directory, replacing it with the French Consulate. -
Napoleon era begins
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Reformed the French legal system in accordance with the ideas of the French Revolution
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Napoleon proclaimed himself emperor, and made Josephine Empress. -
Napoleon was exiled for 6 years -
The fall of Napoleon
