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King Louis XVI was forced to raise taxes and call the Estates General assmebly together because of expensive wars and bad harvests.
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Led by the third estate
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Tennis Court Oath decides not to break apart until they've written a constitution.
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Bastille, a fort in Paris, is taken by a Paris mob.
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Noble manors attacked by peasants.
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Feudal rights are renounced by Nobles in National Assembly.
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The National assembly issues the Declaration of Rights of Man.
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He is brought to Tuileries palace in England from Versailles
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King Louis XVI flees, to Austria, but is caught at Varennes.
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Constitutional governmennt made and run by elected officials.
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The royal palace is stormed by a Paris mob, there is a government collapse, Minister of Justice Danton kills thousands of people he thinks are traitors.
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Was elected by the universal male suffrage (political franchise) to rewrite the constitution.
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The new government, National Convention, gets rid of monarchy and declares France as a republic.
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First day that the new revolutionary calendar is used
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New calendar introduced with new month and day names.
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King Louis XVI is condemned and executed by National Convention
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In the Vendee region the counter-revolutionary revolt begins
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The "Reign of Terror" by Robespierre and the Committee of Public Safety begins.
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The government puts price controls into place, dechristianization and how the government operates.
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The Reign of Terror ends when Robespierre is executed
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The Churches reopened after being closed for a period of time
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New government called the directory is formed after a new Constitution is adopted.
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Coup d'état, the government takeover, gets rid of the royalists (people faithful to monarchy) from the directory.
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New constitution made with 2 houses (Council of Ancients and Council of 500)
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Napoleons Coup d'état gets rid of Directory and ends the French Revolution
