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Convening the Estate General
when the three estate general came together for a meeting it became clear to the third estate that Louis XVI and the nobilities are not hearing out the third estate. they didn't really care about what they had to say and out voted them by teaming up and giving them one vote per estate -
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French revolution
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Tennis Court Oath
when the third estate noticed that they were always going to be out voted by the two other estates, they decided to meet with each at the hall of Versailles to come up with a constitution. when the king locked them out of the the hall of Versailles, they met with each other at a tennis court and made an oath to never to separate until they had a constitution -
Storming of the Bastille
Bastille was a prison that held weapons. so the third estate needing weapons to protest themselves from the kings army, stormed the prison and got the weapons -
Great Fear
it was period of panic and riot by peasants and others in the rumours of the king and the privileged to overthrow the third estate -
Declaration of the Rights of Man
it was a one of the basic charters of human liberties which inspired the French Revolution -
Constitution of 1791 is Drafted
this constitution made it wher all legislative powers went a single legislative assembly when France declared a constitutional monarch. -
Women's March to Versailles
at this time there was a look lasting famine. so when the people were starving they heard a rumour that Marie Antoinette and Louis XVI were hiding found at their palace, so the lady marched to the palace and made made the king and queen come and live in Paris -
Marie Try to escape
Louia and his family tried to run away from France in hope for other european rulers invade Frnace and turn the revolutionary back to absolute monarch -
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National Convention
it was elected to provide a new constitution for the country after the overthrow of the monarchy and was the establishment of Republic -
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Reign of Terror Begins
when Maximilien Robespierre took power and govenred France as dictatorship. where he and his followers eliminated all that were against the revolution and any one that opossed his them. -
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The Directory Takes Power
it was the forming of 5 man body of executive branch which did not have much power, but helped kept the balance of power and avoiding abuses and corruption. Napoleon I was the successer at this part of the government when others took advantage of it.