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Estates General convenes
They discuss the Third Estate -
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French History
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Third Estate declares themselves as the National Assembly
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Tennis Court Oath
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Great Fear
Rumours of an “aristocratic conspiracy” by the king and the privileged to overthrow the Third Estate -
National Assembly changes to National Constituent Assembly
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Decleration of the Rights of Man
Proclaiming liberty, equality, the inviolability of property, and the right to resist oppression. -
Civil Constitution of the Clergy
Reorganization of the church -
New French Constitution
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Louis XVI tries to flee France and is brought back to Paris
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End of French monarchy
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France declares war on Austria
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French revolutionaries rose and occupied Tuileries Palace
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New assembly "National Convention" meets
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Louis XVI is executed
condemned for treason -
Maximum is introduced
taxed the rich, brought national assistance to the poor and to the disabled -
Mary Antoinette is executed
Convicted of treason like Louis XVI -
Wars of the Vendée
the “federalist” risings in Normandy and in Provence -
2nd and 3rd Partitions of Poland
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Reign of Terror ends
which entailed the arrest of at least 300,000 suspects, 17,000 of whom were sentenced to death and executed -
Council of Ancients begins
National Convention places power with them -
Napoleon crushes rebellion of royalists
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France Annexes the Papal States
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Second Coalition is formed
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Bonparte becomes first "consul"
he abolishes the directory -
Haitian Revolution agains French Rule