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Building of the palace of Versailles
The palace took 40 years to build. It started construction in 1631, but originally was a hunting cabin and know for its prolific game. -
Enlightenment
A period of time in the late 17th- and the 18th century. When the people thought outside of the normal life. -
Marriage of the Louis and Marie
The marriage was a allegiance between France and Austria. He was only 16 and she was 14 years old. -
Napoleon graduated from a French Military Academy
He got into this school because his father got him in. He also learned the French language. -
Napoleon's Early Career
He became a second lieutenant in an artillery regiment of the French Army. Napoleon helped suppress a royalist insurrection against the revolutionary government in Paris and was promoted to major general. -
Tennis Court Oath
The members of the French Third Estate took the Tennis Court Oath. Vowing "not to separate and to reassemble wherever circumstances require, until the constitution of the kingdom is established". -
Storming of the Bastille
This attack by the people was a signal for the start of the French Revolution. Bastille was a fortess that purpose was to protect Franc in the hundred years' war. -
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The rise of the French Revolution
The French people got feud up with the way things were.So the rebellion was inspired by the American Revolution. -
Declaration of the rights of man and of the citizen
Put into law by France's National Constituent Assembly in 1789. It is a collection of 17 articles that inspired the French Revolution. -
Women’s March on Versailles
One of the most significant events of the French Revolution. This Force the royal family to move back to Paris. -
Execution of Louis XVI
Thought to be the end of the
royal family. He was convicted of Treason. -
The murder of Marat
He founded the radical newspaper L'Ami du peuple and was elected to the National Convention. 24-year-old Charlotte Corday blamed Marat for the escalating violence of the revolution. -
Execution of Robespierre
He was the architect of the french revolution. The reign of Terror died with him. -
Crowning Napoleon as Emperor
In 1802, a constitutional amendment made Napoleon first consul for life. Two years later, in 1804, he crowned himself emperor of France in a lavish ceremony at the Cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris. -
Napoleonic Wars
It was a series of major conflicts with various coalitions of European nations.Napoleon achieved what is considered to be one of his greatest victories at the Battle of Austerlitz, in which his army defeated the Austrians and Russians. -
Napoleon gets exiled
His invasion against Russia was major fail and lost most of his army. The Europe nations grouped against him and exiled him to Elba -
Napoleon Death
He had nothing to live by the time he died. He was sent to St. Helena after he return from exile to live out the rest of his life.
