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- International: struggle for hegemony and Empire outstrips the fiscal resources of the state
- 2. Political conflict: conflict between the Monarchy and the nobility over the “reform” of the tax system led to paralysis and bankruptcy. 3.4. Social antagonisms between two rising groups: the aristocracy and the bourgeoisie
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D.R.M means "The Decleration of Rights of Man". The plan of the National Assembly was to create a document stating the rights of man. The King didn't like this.
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The Réveillon Riot was one of the first instances of violence during the French Revolution.
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took Tennis Court Oath, pledging to create new constitution . October 5 Parisian women march to Versailles in response to food crisis .. I got this info from google.com.
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Estates-General members who refuse to adjourn
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de Launay, (the governor), Foulon (the Secretary of State) and de Flesselles (the then equivalent of the mayor of Paris), amongst others, are massacred
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rioting over the high price and scarcity of bread.
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The Estates-General was organized into three estates: the clergy, the nobility, and the rest of France
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Church had been the largest single landowner in the country, owning about 10% of the land in the kingdom
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participants swore an oath of "fidelity to the nation, the law, and the king
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They were only able to make it as far as the small town of Varennes.
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The return of the royal family to Paris on 25 June 1791, after their failed flight to Varennes
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assailed the Tuileries Palace and massacred the Swiss Guards
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Louis XVI is the only King of France ever to be executed.
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advocated against the death penalty and for the abolition of slavery
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incited by conflict between rival political factions
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in the eyes of some, ended the French Revolution
