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Louis XIV wanted to create a new tax plan so he ordered a meeting of the Estates General.
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The fall of the Bastille occurred: it was attacked by a group of people; it was a prison which symbolized dictatorship, this is why they attacked it. (This was the beginning of the French Revolution)
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The “Declaration of Rights of Man” was created; from this moment on, men were declared to have rights; they were protected and they were free. (they had their rights)
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King Louis XIV and his family tried to flee France; some women in Paris took action and fled (marched) them back to Paris.
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Because they tried to flee France, (King Louis XIV and his family) he is arrested along with his family.
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This was when a new constitution was created; the National Assembly got together and they said they would not separate until a constitution based on the Enlightenment Ideas and the American Revolution had been created. Because of the constitution, a new government would be created; when the constitution was published, it meant that they had gone from an absolute monarchy to a constitutional monarchy.
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France announces a war would start in Austria; this meant the start of the French Revolutionary Wars. The people wanted the ideas of the Enlightenment to spread and they believed that war would bring the country together.
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The French were being beaten by the war by the Austrians, The French lands were being rapidly invaded by the Austrians.
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National Convention announces its first meeting in which because of the monarchy being overthrown, they would have to make a new constitution.
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King Louis XIV was sent off to the deadly guillotine where he would have his head cut off.
