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First meeting since 1614. Was called on by Louis the XVI to fix his taxation problem
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Third Estate reacted quickly and called iself a National Assembly and decided to draft a constitution.
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Peasant rebellions took place throughout France and became part of the Great Fear, a vast panic that spread quickly through France.
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Thousands of french people stormed the Bastille which contained 7 inmates and only a few guards but was the flashpoint of the French Revolution.
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The National Assembly voted to abolish the rights of landlords, as well as the financial privileges of nobles and clergy.
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the National Assembly adopted the Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen.
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The rulers of Austria and Prussia threatned the forces of the Frenchand the Legislative Assembly declared war on Austria in the spring of 1792
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Revolutionary courts were set up to prosecute internal enemies of the revolutionary republic.
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The French had largely defeated their foreign foes so there was less need for the reign of terror.
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a sudden overthrow of the government led by the successful and popular general Napoleon Bonaparte, toppled the Directory.
