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France is in debt, King Louis XVI tries to tax the Second Estate but the nobles refuses to pay
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x King Louis XVI calls for the Estates General to meet the fllowing spring after a rough winter
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First time the Estates General meets in approximately 175 years
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The French Revolution Begins -
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The third estate proclaims themselves the National Assembly; National Assembly swears the Tennis Court Oath -
x The storming of Bastille
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x National Assembly adopts the Declaration of the Rights of Man of the Citizen
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King Louis XVI and Marie Antionette flee Paris in disguises-but are caught
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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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x Mob storms the Tuileries Palace and throws Marie Antionette and her children in prison
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National Convention declares that France will be a republic and not a constitutional monarchy
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King Louis XVI is executed by the guillotine -
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The Reign of Terror is unleashed by the Committee of Public Safety; led by Maximilien Robespierre -
Robespierre and his supporters are executed; the Reign of Terror ends
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x National Convention writes a more restrictive constitution; only male property owners could vote
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The French Revolution ends
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Napolean takes control over French government
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Napolean crowns himself emperor of France after a plebiscite -
Napolean invades Spain and Portugal; the king of Spain goes to prison and the king of Portugal flees to Brazil
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Napolean attempts to invade and take over Russia, is forced to leave Moscow
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Napolean defeated in Leipzig
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Allies enter Paris in triumph and force Napolean to surrender and is exiled to Elba
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France recognizes Louis XVIII, brother of executed Louis XVI. Napolean manages to come back to France, Louis XVIII flees to Belguim in fear. Napolean arrives in Paris on MArch 20 to cheering crowds, and the Hundred Days begin
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xCongress of Vienna meets to redraw the map of Europe
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x Napolean dies in exile
