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The third estate vowed to make a new constitution for France. A majority of the members of the clergy soon joined them, and then the representatives of the nobility joined soon after.
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Parisians stormed the Bastille to get weapons and a fight broke out. The spirit of popular sovereignty spread throughout France, and many commoners began to form militias and arm themselves.
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The third estates storming of the bastille France scared the first and second estates, and they would be violent towards the upper classes.
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Stated that all MEN are created equally. It also gave the right to freedom of speech, press, and religion.
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7,000 women march to the palace of Versailles demanding bread for their families. Marie Antoinette said the famous quote, 'Let them eat cake.'
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Legislative Assembly was created, in which any men 25 or older, or any taxpayer could vote. New constitution written making France a constitutional monarchy.
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King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette attempt to flee from France to Austria by dressing up like a commonsperson. This eventually fails to work and they are both arrested and taken back to Paris.
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Austria and Prussia issued declaration of warning to France. Austria sent 5,000 troops to the border of France
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King Louis XVI was tried for treason and was found guilty. On January 21, he was publicly executed by the guillotine
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Napoleon formed key political alliances and seized control of the French government on in a bold move known as the Coup d'Etat of Eighteenth Brumaire. Napoleon could now rule France as a dictator.