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a general meeting was held for the three estates.
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the third estate took an oath to make better constitutions
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the paris mob broke into bastille prison and was looking for weapons.
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the old regime was destroyed . the feudal regime in france had been aolished.
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national assembly adopted the declaration of the right of the man and the citizen.
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Louis XVI and his family tried to flee france away but were arrested.
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the national convention held their first meeting.
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the first day of the french republic.
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the king was beheaded on the guillotine
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to save the republic from its foreign enemies, the committee of public safety decreed a universal mobilization of the nation.
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the reign of terror begins. court sentenced 20,000 to 40,000people death.
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a public ceremony dedicated to the worship of reason was held in the former cathedral.
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many deputies in the national convention who feared robespierre and decided to vote to condemn him.
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the directory fell and the french revolution ended. napoleon bonaparte takes control of the french government.