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Marked the beginning of the French Revolution. The meeting was convened by King Louis XVI, he spoke about the instability of the kingdom and political deterioration.
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Extreme and dramatic act of defiance by the peasants of the French Revolution. Everyone took an oath never to separate until a written constitution was properly established for France.
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Parisians try to storm and seize control of the medieval armoury and political prison. After 4 hours of fighting, they were finally able to enter and seize the armoury.
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A human civil rights document from the French Revolution. It highlighted the rights of liberty, property, safety, and resistance to oppression.
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Initiated by the high price of bread, demanding reform, food scarcity, and rumors of the French Flag being trampled on by the royal troops and King Louis XVI during a special reception.
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Public execution in Paris by guillotine of King Louis XVI.
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A series of massacres and public executions in France. Lower-class political factions reacted to accusations of treason and anticlericalism by trials that resulted in the deaths/executions of over 27,000 people.
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Was executed by guillotine along with 21 of his followers
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Influence on 19th century civil codes or most countries of continental Europe and Latin America
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He seized the crown and placed it on his own head.This resulted in strong monarchy in france.
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The British army fought against the Iberian Peninsula against invading forces of France.
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Napoleon led his army of 500,000 men into Russia. The result was a disaster for the French
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They exiled him to the Mediterranean island of Elba
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He passed away from stomach cancer.