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King Louis XVI becomes king
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France went farther into debt by supporting the Americans during the American Revolution
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Parisian women storm Versailles in an attempt to force the King to come back to Paris.They suceeded.
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French peasants get angry over the unfair tax system and a poor harvest
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After deputies discover their chamber is locked and guarded by soldiers, they suspect King Louis XVI is planning a royal coup. So the deputies go to an actual tennis court and pledged to keep meeting until a constitution was formed.
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Demonstrators storm the Bastille looking for gun powder and "shot".They also free the seven inmates, there at the time and begin tearing apart the Bastille brick by brick.
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The National Assebly issues the "fundemental document" giving rights to french citizens pertaining to human rights
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Louis XVI and his family attemt to flee Paris but are arrested and brought back to Paris.The are held as virtual prisoners until their deaths.
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Louis XVI is sentenced to the guillotine
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From September 1793 until July 1794 the reign of terror took place in France.20,000 to 40,000 people were sentenced to death.
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Robespierre is arrested by the National Assembly.He is beheaded the next day.
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France adopts a new constitution
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The Directory Falls and the French Revolution ends
