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The Sun King
Absolute monarchy
Longest reign in European history -
Marries Marie Antionette
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King at age 19
Absorbed in family life -
The Estates General meets for the first time in hundreds of years, and is a failure.
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The Third Estate leaves the Estates General to make massive reforms to France with or without the first two estates.
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People raid the prison, a symbol of the tyranny of the old regime
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Two main sides, moderate members of the bourgeoisie, who wanted the revolution to end here.
The more radical revolutionaries, who did not want anything to do with monarchy -
Next step in the succession of French governments
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Robespierre led a Comittee of Public Safety, which led mass executios to those who were "against' the revolution
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Five "Directors" held the executive power of France
