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King Louis XVI asked the Parliament for a new tax so they had to register the law, but Parliament refused and made the King call the Estates General for the first time in 175 years. (1614)
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There was a bad harvest in 1787-88 and there was a decrease in the manufacturing which led to leaving people unemployed and riots.
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The Estates General is called to meet in Versailles in which they ended up arguing over voting for 6 weeks. The 3rd Estate declares it the National Assembly.
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3 days later they show up to Versailles and get locked out, so they go to a close by indoor tennis court, where they swear to meet until a constitution is made.
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900 people of Paris stormed the Bastille to try to get weapons to fight the King. In the end they got no weapons, freed prisoners and cut of the warden's head.
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It affirmed free speech and press, made it so all men are free and equal, political position should be based on talent, and no group should be exempt from taxation.
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People are looking for bread and the fishwives find out first to see they is no bread and march to Versailles. The next day they get into the castle and kill some people.
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Mob in Paris attacks the royal palace and Legislative Assembly. End up taking the king captive and demand bread and new Constitution
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Jean-Paul Marat ran the country and soon abolished the monarchy and sets up the French Republic
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Jacobins want the king dead, so they capture him and put him in the Guillotine and cut his head off.
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Gains broad powers in response to external and internal issues and rise of Maximilian Robespierre.
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led by Jacobins and Robespierre with support of the Sans Colotte and wanted to crush opposition to the revolution.
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Executed 1,300 people in which gave Robespierre more power.
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Sans-Culotte had an uprising which the Directory sends troops to stop the mob.
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Had two houses for the Legislative Branch in the Council of 500 and Council of Elders.
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Made France a lot of money in the Louisiana Purchase in 1803 and that lead to a lot of bread.
