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The French Revolution beggins.
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A meeting of the Estates-General is called by Louis XVI in Versailles to discuss and approve a new tax plan.
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Thre Poitevin cures decide to join the 3rd estate. They left the Chambers of the clergy. The 3rd estate names itself National Assembly by accepting the porposition of Abbe Sieyes. Some nobles and many of the clergy joined 3rd estate.
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They attack the Bastille. It was used as a prison.
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The end of feudalism and serfdom in France is announced by the National Assembly.
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The National Assembly adopts the Declaration of the Rights of Man.
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The women of Paris invade Versailles. Parisians, led by a large number of women, march upon Versailles and force
the royal family back to Paris, where they take up residence at the Tuileries. Louis XVI is considered by many a
"prisoner" in Paris. The Assembly, still in Versailles, declares, in the spirit of constitutional monarchy, its
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The Civil Constitution of the Clergy is passed.
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Louis XVI and his family are arrested while trying to flee from France
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The Constitution of 1791 is adopted
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France declares war on Austria
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Storming of the Tuileries Palace. Overthrow of the monarchy. France is now a republic.
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The First meeting of the National Convention is held.
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Formal abolition of the monarchy. Today, the proclamation from August 10, 1792 is legally confirmed.
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Louis XVI is sentenced to the guillotine
