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Louis XVI calls the first Estates-General in 175 years
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The Third Estate is lockled out of the Estates General and form an oath in a tennis court to not leave until a new constitution is formed.
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The National Assembly is afraid that Louis is going to bring in the Swiss Guard, so they storm the Bastille, killing guards, freeing prisoners, and taking weapons.
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Rumors and fear caused peasants to attach and rebel against the First and Second Estates.
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These decrees abolished feudalism and got rid of the Second Estates power and land.
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A document modeled by the Declaration of Independence saying that all MEN are equal.
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The Women in Paris strom Versailles and demand that Louis and his family return to Prais.
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They dress as peasants and try to escape to Austria, but are recognized and imprisoned.
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A new legislative body that had the power to create laws and declare war.
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This new legislature grants adult male citizens the right to vote and hold office.
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Austria and Prussia wanted France to put Louis back into power, which the Legislative Assembly responded to by declaring war.
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The National Convention abolishes the monarchy and France becomes a Republic.
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The French army was doing well until more countries joined forces with their enemies, causing them to be defeated several times, which lead to them drafting 300,000 more citizens into the army.
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Louis is tried for treason and is beheaded via guiotine.
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Robespierre slowly gains power, becomes the leader of the Committee of Public Safety, and then rules Franch for a year as a dictator.
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The Jacobins kill their enemies using the guiotine and say that they're "enemies of the Revolution."
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Marie was condemned for treason and was executed by the guiotine.
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On July 27, Robespierre is arrested by the National convention, and the next day, the guiotine was used to chop off his head.
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It called for a two-house legislature and an executive body of five men, known as the Directory.
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The Directory named Napoleon the commander of the Army of the Interior after falling into their good graces.