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They voted to established the National Assembly, in effect proclaiming the end of absolute monarchy and the beginning of representative governerment.
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The medieval fortress and prison in Paris known as the Bastille represented royal authority in the center of Paris.
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Noblemen made grand speeches, declaring their love of liberty and equality
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Suspended and arrested during the Insurrection of 10 August 1792, he was tried by the National Convention, found guilty of treason, and executed by guillotine.
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The former king walked with calm dignity up the steps of the scaffold to be beheaded by a machine called the guillotine.
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Formed the de facto executive government of France during the Reign of Terror, a stage of the French Revolution.
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He largely dominated the Committee of Public Safety and was instrumental in the period of the Revolution commonly known as the Reign of Terror, which ended with his arrest and execution in 1794.
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The Reign of Terror ended when Robespierre went to the guillotine.
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He was a military and political leader of France and Emperor of the French as Napoleon I, whose actions shaped European politics in the early 19th century.
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An Imperial French army under the command of Emperor Napoleon was defeated by combined armies of the Seventh Coalition,