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The Third Estate declared themselves the National Assembly and made the Tennis Court Oath.
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The People of Paris stormed Bastille
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The National Assembly issued the Declaration of the rights of man
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The First Parisian session of the Assembly, in the active ministry
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His family tried to flee France, but were arrested.
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Death of Leopold 2 of Austria
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The National Convention held their first meeting
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King Louis sentenced to the guillotine
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There were many food riots in Paris
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The Reign of Terror begins (court sentenced 20,000 to 40,000 people to death)
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robespierre was beheaded. Reign of Terror has ended
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Peace treaty signed with Spain
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A New Constitution was adopted. The Directory is established
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The Directory fell and ended the French Revolution. Napoleon Bonaparte takes control of the French Government.