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The second estates forced Louis to call an assembly to get approval for the tax reform. The meeting took place at Versailles.
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The estates voted to establish the National Assembly.
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Citizens storm Bastille, a prison in Paris, for gunpowder. This event was revolutionary.
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Noblemen made grand speeches, declaring their love of liberty and equality.
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The National Assembly adopted a statement of revolutionary ideas called " A Declaration of the Rights of Man and of Citizen," commonly known as the Declaration of the Rights of Man.
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Prussia threatens to destroy Paris if king Louis is harmed
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20,000 men and women invade Tuileries, the royal palace where Louis and the family were staying,
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The National Convention abolished the Monarchy and declared France a republic.
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The ex-king walked with calm dignity up the steps of the scaffold to be beheaded by a machine called the guillotine.
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The Reign of Terror, the radical phase of the revolution, ended when Maximilien Robespierre lost his head.
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Napolean is put in charge of the French Military.
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Napolean is crowned emperor of France.
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Napoleans army clashes with the Russian army.
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Napolean enters Moscow only to find it in flames.
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Napolean escapes from Elba and landed in France.
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Napolean attacks the British @ Waterloo.
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Napolean Dies.