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The Third Estate demanded that the verification of deputies' credentials should be undertaken in common by all deputies,
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They voted a measure far more radical, declaring themselves the National Assembly, an assembly not of the Estates but of "the People."
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They tried to make the Declaration so that the majority of people would agree with it. This document gave people all their rights
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The Legislative Assembly was a much larger body than the National Assembly and was able to be represent the people of France.
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According to archival records, at least 16,594 people died under the guillotine or otherwise after accusations of counter-revolutionary activities.
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The former Louis XVI, now simply named Citoyen Louis ,was executed by guillotine on 21 January 1793 on the Place de la Révolution
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The Directory was made up of five members and a new National Convention was chosen. The Directory tried to prevent democratic terror and monarchy.
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This led to Bonaparte's dictatorship and eventually to his proclamation as Empereur ,which brought to a close the specifically republican phase of the French Revolution.
