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The french revolution starts
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The king initially opposed this development but was forced to acknowledge the authority of the assembly
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National Assembly renamed to National Constituent Assembly
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Louis XVI dismissed and banished his finance minister
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the electors of Paris met and agreed to the recruitment of a "bourgeois militia" of 48,000 men
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Bourgeois Militia renamed to the National Guard
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The attack on the bastille