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After bad harvests and costly wars, King Louis XVI is forced to convene the Estates General Assembly (meeting of representatives of the Three Estates) in order to raise taxes
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Revolutionary gov. held by the 3rd estate
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Tennis Court Oath. Nat. Ass. resolves not to disband until it has written a constitution.
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Bastille stormed and taken by a Paris mob
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peasants attack noble majors
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Nobles in National assembly renounce feudal rights, Jacobin club formed
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Assembly issues the Declaration of the Rights of Man
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King Louis brought from Versailles to Tuileries palace in Paris
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King tries to flee to Austria but gets caught
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Constitutional gov. by elected officials
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Paris mob storms royal palace, legislative assembly gov. collapse.Minister of Justice Danton purges thousands of presumed traitors
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Revolutionary calendar introduced with new day and month names
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elected by universal male suffrage to rewrite constitution
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Nat. Convention abolishes monarchy and & declares France as a republic
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Day 1 of new Revolutionary calendar
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Natl. convention condemns and executes the king
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counter revolutionary revolt in the vendee region begins
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Reign of terror begins
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price controls put into place by gov, dechristianization, administrative reform
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In the month of "Thermidor" Robespierre is executed
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Churches are reopened
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New constitution is adopted, forming a new gov. called the Directory
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New constitution has 2 houses: council of Ancients and council of 500
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Coup d'etat (gov. takeover) removes royalists from directory
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Napoleon's coup d'etat abolished directory and establishes Consulate gov.; end of French Revolution
