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Social and political system of France, The Old Regime, remained in place. The citizens of France were divided into 3 social classes.
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Meeting of the Estates General assembly with representatives of all social classes met for the first time in 175 years to approve a new tax on the nobility
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Delegates of the third estate proclaimed the creation of the National Assembly giving an end to absolute monarchy and begin representative government
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Delegates of the third estate along with nobles and clergymen who favored the reforms, met to create a new constitution. This meeting was later known as the Tennis Court Oath.
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National Assembly announces the creation of the document "Declaration of the Rights of man and Citizens". Became the basis for a nation of free individuals protected equally by law. Inspired by the Enlightenment and Thomas Jefferson.
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A wave of senseless panic, had already began. Thousands of women rioted over prices of bread.
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King and queen tried to flee the country, they were caught near the boarder and were returned to Paris
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New constitution was completed by National Assembly. cReated limited constitutional monarchy. Louis had to sign it. Legislative Assembly, a new legislative body was created too.
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King Louis 16 becomes and common citizen, tried for treason and executed.
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Scared of the revolution spread to their countries, Austria and Prussia urged the French to restore the monarchy. Legislative Assembly declares war.
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National Convention was created
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After 40,000, the Reign of Terror end when Robespierre is arrested and executed.
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Maximilien Robespierre, a member of the Committee of Public Safety, started the Reign of Terror. The Reign of Terror was a period of violence incited by conflict between rival political factions, the Girondins and the Jacobins, and marked by mass executions of "enemies of the revolution".
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A mob searching for gunpowder stormed the Bastille, a prison and symbol of monarchy
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National Assembly abolishes the feudal system entirely. This means the debts from peasants to lords were t be cancelled