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After being locked out of their meeting room, deputies of the Third Estate assembled on a tennis court and swore not to separate until a constitutional regime was established. http://chnm.gmu.edu/revolution/searchfr.php?function=find&start=31
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The medieval fortress and prison in Paris known as the Bastille represented royal authority in the center of Paris. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Storming_of_the_Bastille
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The tangible consequences of the abolition of feudalism, the Declaration of the Rights of Man, the Civil Constitution of the Clergy and the movements toward a constitution are highly disputable but what was plain to see was the change in mindset of those across social and political boundaries. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Revolution_from_the_abolition_of_feudalism_to_the_Civil_Constitution_of_the_Clergy
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Black inhabitants of French colonies who are born of free parents are declared equal in civic rights with whites. http://www.angelfire.com/va/frenchrec/timeline.html
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Louis XVI removes the Count of Narbonne, Minister of War. All of his other ministers resign. Louis forms a new government, composed mostly of Jacobins.
