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The king was in trouble. The nobility was not happy with his attempt to tax their estate. Nobility wanted to pass the cost once again on the Third Estate.
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King Louis XVI calls body into session to approve a new tax on the 3rd Estate. Had not met in 175 years.
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Third Estate proclaimed themselvces as a legislature. King Louis locked them out of their meeting but they secretly still had meetings of their own.
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The 3rd Estate met in a tennis court and swore that they would not leave until they had written a constitution for France.
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A mob went to the prison to find weapons and ended up in a shoot out with the guards. Many people were killed and this ended up being known as the power symbol for the French Revolution.
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After the fall of the Bastille, people started rumors that the king was sending soldiers for the Third Estate which caused much panic.
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Because of this, the First Estates legal privileges were eliminated and the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen was written.
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These were the basic principles of the French Revolution (liberty, equality, fraternity) and this stated that all men are born equal but this did not include women.
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Women were angry with the decisions in the National Assembly and King Louis reacted surprisingly peaceful to this.
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King Louis XVI was unhappy because he didnt like his loss of power. He decided to escape from Paris but him and his family were caught and brought back.
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Citizens gained broad voting rights but only tax paying men. The new constitiution kept monarchy but restricted the kings power.
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The Legislative Assembly declared war and Frances army was in shock. They were defeated.
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Brunswick Manifesto warns that the royal family must not be harmed by the popular movement or else there will be great consiquences.
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Many French citizens went to the Tuileries Palace to capture King Louis XVI. He and the royal family took shelter with the Legislative Assembly.
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Revolutionary Government votes to abolish the monarchy abd astablish the first Republic. The Royal family was then imprisoned.
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France turns the tide of the war and takes the offensive against the invaders.
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This is the time period when the guillotine was used regularly. King Louis was executed.
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Public Safety was established to protect the newly established republic against foregign attacks.
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This marked the Significant weakening of individual freedoms that lead to "revolutionary paranoia" that swept the nation.
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Robespierre arrested and Guillotined without trial, along with the members of the committee of public safety.
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The National Convention was needed to help France in its time of need, Frances government was sure that it was in the "clear" finacially and in rule.
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Napolean wins the battle and becomes first consul.
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Napolean was declared Emperor he was prompted to justify the need for a monarch in France.
