French Revolution

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    Louis XVI summons the Estates General

    The king gathered all the people from three classes and this symbolize the revolution.
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    The “Tennis Court Oath”

    The people in the class where it does not have special power start to fight back under the control of Louis 16.
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    Storming of the Bastille

    This event was started by the revolutionary people. They took over the places like a medieval armory, fortress, and political prison known as the Bastille.
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    Abolition of feudal (noble, clerical) rights

    It is the consequence of the revolution that to abolish both the seigneurial rights and second estate and the tithes gathered by the First Estate
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    National Assembly abolishes the nobility

    To abolish the special power of the noble people so that there whole noble system is wiped from now on.
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    France declares war on Austria

    Because the king wants to raise the personal visibility to make him stronger
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    First use of guillotine

    It is the tool to help to reduce the pain of the people who needed to be dead.
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    Prussia declares war on France

    Because of the bad relationship between the revolutionaries and the neighboring monarchies, so they started the war
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    Louis XVI executed

    After 2 months, he was abolished and he finally was guillotined in the Place de la Révolution
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    French Republic proclaimed

    The time when Louis the 16 was forced to abolish his power and also the National Constituent Assembly declared France to be a Republic and abolished the Monarchy