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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 in175 years.
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This is when the national assembly was formed. There were many peoples votes left out and they didnt have a say in the estates generel.
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The oath was the first time French citizens stood in opposition to the king. The king was forced to make concessions.
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The fall of the Bastille was the flashpoint of the French Revolution. It is known as one of the main starting points.
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This is the beginning of the period of time where peasants start to revolt against France.
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The complete abolishment of the Feudal System. Everything the originates in or represents real or personal serfdom is abolished.
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The national assembly came to the conclussion that neglect of the rights of man causing public calamities and corruption. Articles were made that show what the rights of man and citizens were.
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Women in the market place of Paris noticed the high price and scarcity of bread. When it grew into a mob, the city was ransacked for weapons. They made the King go to Paris ending the independent authority of King
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The king, his wife, and their immediate family attempted to escape from Paris in order to create a counter revolutio. The attempt flight provoked the charges of treason later founded on him,
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A new legislative body was created. Citizens also gained voting rights ( males 25+ ) and the king's power was restricted.
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It was driven by two groups. One group favored a constitutional monarchy but the other claimed that more revolutionary measures were needed.
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The manifesto sent the populace into furious action and created fear and anger towards the allies. It made revolutionaries take further action including an uprising.
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About 30,000 French citizens marched to the Tuileries Palace to go and capture King Louis XVI. The king new and escaped befor the mob arrived. The Guards gave in the Palace in order to nprotect themselves since the mob was so large. Even though the king was not found, everyone that was left inside the palace was murdered.
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Revolutionary government votes to abolish the monarchy and establish the first republic. Royal family is imprisoned.
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France turns the tide of the war and takes the offensive against the invaders
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King Louis XVI is executed by guillotine.He was executed because of an act of treason (mostly from the flight from Varennes). He was convicted and condemed to death by a narrow majority.
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The committee was to provide for the defense of the Nation against it's foreign and domestic enemies.
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The beginning of the reign of terror marked the weakening of the individual freedoms of paranoia that sewpt the nation due to the revolution.
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The aftermath of the coup included the committee of public safety losing its authority, prisons were emptied, and the rebolution became less radical.
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The directory was made after the Reign of Terror, it was set up along with a bicameral legislature. The directory was mad to try and ensure safety and rule.
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While working with Emmanuel Sieyes, Napoleon was finally successful. He Finally took over the coup and became first consul.
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Napoleon planned his coronation extremely carefully, just like he planned all his wars.
