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-Is a former royal house, now is a national landmark
-Versailles was one of the biggest theaters -
-Louis XIV wanted to get more control of the government from the nobility
-He also wanted to distance himself from the population of Paris -
-The marriage was for the Franco-Austrian alliance
-This had many opponents among French elites and commoners -
-Was a period of radical political and societal change in France
-Began with the Estates General and ended with the formation of the French Consulate -
-A commitment to a national constitution and representative government
-At the Estates-General at Versailles -
-To get ammunition and arms
-At the time, over 30,000 pounds of gunpowder was stored at the Bastille -
-Was formed by the assembly of the Estates General to draft a new Constitution
-Precede it with a declaration of principles -
-The march symbolized a new balance of power
-Ended the king's independence and signified the change of power -
-Louis XVI was found guilty of treason
-He was guillotined -
-A period of violence during the French Revolution
-Incited by conflict between two rival political groups -
-France's treasury was nearly empty
-Money had lost nearly all of its value -
-Overthrew the system of government under the Directory in France
-The event is often viewed as the effective end of the French Revolution -
-Rose to prominence during the French Revolution
-Led several successful campaigns during the Revolutionary Wars -
-Addressed mainly matters relating to property and families
-Reorganization of laws since the Roman era -
-Proclaimed himself emperor, and made Josephine Empress
-He placed the crown on his own head, and then crowned Josephine Empress. -
-Napoleon emerged as the victor of the encounter
-He lost only 1/5 of his troops -
-During the hundred days
-The period from Napoleon's escape from exile to the return of Louis XVIII -
-Defeat at waterloo, then exiled to the island of Saint Helena
-Died 6 years later