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King Louis the XVIFrance is in deep debt, so King Louis XVI tries to tax the Second Estate but thet nobles refuse to pay.
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Estates GeneralKing Louis XVI calls for the Estates General to meet the following spring after a rough winter.
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In the Spring of 1789 the Estates General met for the first time in about 175 years!
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Tennis Court OathOn june 17th the Third Esate proclaims themselves the national assembly, they swear to the Tennis Court Oath.
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Storming of the BastilleOn July 14th, The prison known as the Bastille, is attacked.
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declaration of the rights of man.The National Assembly adopts the Declaration of the Rights of Man of the citizen.
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french revolutionThe peasants have had enough!
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King Lousi XVI and his wife.King Louis XVI and his wife, Marie Antoinette try to flee Paris in disguises, but are caught.
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king louis executedin July of 1792, Austria and Prussia issue a declaration warning against harming the French Monarchs and hint that any such action would provoke war.
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The following month, a mob storms the Tuileries Palace and throws Marie Antoinette and her children in prison.
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The National Convention declares that France will be a republic and not a constitutional monarchy.
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Louis SVI is esecutedKing Louis XVI executed by guillotine.
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reign of terror.The Reign of Terror is unleashed by the Committee of Public Safety and led by Maximilien Robespierre.
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Reign of Terror endsRobespierre and his supporters are executed, The Reign of Terror ends!
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Napolean faced off against a mob of royalists trying to regain power in Paris.
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National Convention writes a more restrictive constitution, it states only male property could vote.
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revolution endsThe French Revolution comes to a close.
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Napoleon takes control of french government.
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Napoleon selling the territoryNapoleon sells Louisiana Territory in North America to the United States.
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Napoleon crowns himself emperor of France after a plebiscite.
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haitiSaint Domingue declares independence from France, names their new nation Haiti.
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Napoleon invades Spain and Portgual, the king of Spain goes to prison and the king of Portugal flees to Brazil.
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NapoleanNapoleon attempts to invade and take over Russia and is forced to leave Moscow.
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napoleon attempts to invade and take over Russia.
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napoleon defeated in Leipzig.
