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The Estates General held a meeting with the government to talk about raising taxes
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The 3 estates voted to create the National Assemebly
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On July 14, a mob searching for gunpowder and arms stormed Bastille, a Paris prison. the mob overwhelmed the guards and seized control of the building. July 14 is now a national holiday in France.
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Old Regime dies and the estates become equal
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King Louis XVI and his wife Marie tried to leave France and were apprehended in the process.
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France declared war on Prussia.
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20 thousand men and women stormed into the palace of Tuileries and captured the King and Queen.
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Louis XVI was tried and beheaded for treason.
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France drafted 300,000 men strengthening its numbers to 800,000, men were drafted between the ages of 18 and 40.
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Robespierre was put into a position of power. And this started the "Reign of Terror." during the Reign of Terror many French citizens were killed via the Guilletine.
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Robespierre was put under house arrest ending his evil rule. :-P
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Robespierre and his associates were put under the guilotine.
