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After bad harvests the King had to convene the Estates General assembly. And was ordered by the representatives to raise taxes.
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Revolutionary Assembly led by the Third Estate
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National Association resolves not to disband until is has written a constitution
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Bastille was raided
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Peasants attack noble manors
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Nobles in National Assembly renounce feudal rights
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Assembly issues Declaration of the Rights of Man
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King Louis goes from Versailles to Tuileries palace in Paris
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King flees to Austria, is caught at Varennes
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Constitutional Government by elected officials
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Paris mob storms royal palace; Legislative Assembly government collapse
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Elected by universal male suffrage to rewrite constitution
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National Convention abolishes monarchy and declares France a republic
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Revolutionary calendar introduced with new day and month names
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National Convention condemns and executes the King
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Counter-revolutionary revolt in the Vendee region begins
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Churches Reopen
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Reign of Terror begins
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Price controls put into place by the government
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Robespierre is executed in the month of "thermindor"
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New government called the Directory
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New constitution has 2 houses: Council of Ancients and Council of 500
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Removes royalists from Directory
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Napoleon's coup d'etat abolishes Directory
