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The Flour War
The Flour War of 1775 was an uprising caused by the excessive price of bread in France before the French Revolution. Early in the season for wheat harvesting and flour production, the government enacted fewer price controls than later in the year, leaving prices to the free market. This caused the price of flour to climb, and the working classes could not buy bread. They demanded the intervention of the state to force millers to release all the flour they were holding in reserve. -
Storming of Bastille
The Storming of the Bastille occurred in Paris, France on the morning of 14 July 1789. The medieval fortress and prison in Paris known as the Bastille represented royal authority in the center of Paris. The prison only contained seven inmates at the time of its storming but was a symbol of the abuses of the monarchy, its fall was the flashpoint of the French Revolution.
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Louis XVI calls the Estates General
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Tennis Court Oath
The Tennis Court Oath was a result of the growing discontent of the Third Estate in France in the face of King Louis XVI's desire to hold onto the country's history of absolute government. The deputies of the Third Estate were coming together for a meeting to discuss the reforms proposed by Necker, the Prime Minister. These reforms called for the meeting of all the Estates together, and to hold a vote by head instead of by estate. This would have given the Third Estate, at least nominally, a str -
The Declaration of the Rights of Man is created
The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen, or of August 1789 is a fundamental document of the French Revolution and in the history of human rights. It defines the individual and collective rights of all the estates of the realm as universal. Influenced by the doctrine of natural right, the rights of man are held to be universal: valid at all times and in every place, pertaining to human nature itself. It became the basis for a nation of free individuals protected equally by law. -
THe Church is placed under state control
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Louis and Marie attempt to flee France but are caught in Varennes
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The slaves of St. Domingue revolt and establish Haiti
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Women attack Versailles and force the king and queen to come to Paris
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Austrian and Prussian troops invade France
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Louis XVI is executed
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The National Convention creates the Commitee on Public Safety
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THe Reign of Terror
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Robespierre is arrested and sent to the guillotine
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The Directory is established
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Napoleon invades Egypt but fails
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Napoleon assumes the title Emporer of France