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Louis XVI takes throne at age 19. He was a weak leader. He married 14 year old Marie Antoinette.
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Louis XVI government goes bankrupt. Poor harevests. National assembly formed.
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People of Paris storm Bastile. Nated prison symbolized Autocratic rule. Revoltuion has begun.
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National Assembly adopted the Declaration of the rights and of citizen. Guareented rights of liberty, property, and sercuity. Resistance to oppression to all people.
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Peasants feared nobles hiring outlaws to terroize them. Peasants rioted verasailies because theyh want Louis XVI and Marie Antoilette to go to Paris.
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National assembly breaks apart. Legislative Assembly takes over. There is no more king. Constitutional monarchy gives assmebly power. Assembly power went to french law.
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Revolution leader turn on each other. 3 fractions in legaslative assembly form: radicals, moderates, and conservatives.
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Austria and Prussia send troops to Paris. They are doing this because they support Louis XVI.
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20,000 parisians invade Palace (royal0. Louis, Marie, and children are in prison.
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National convention abolishes the monarchy and declares France a republic. All adult male male citizens are able to vote and hold office. Woman are not given the same rights.
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Dec-Jan: Louis is no longer king. Radical Jacobins sentence Louis to death.
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Louis XVI got executed by the Guillotine.
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Great Britain, Holland, and Spain join Prussia and Austia into fighting France. National Assemby drafts 300,000 french citizens in the army.
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Maximilien takes power in his own hands (revolution leader). He becomes the leader of committee to public safety. He choses who is enemy to the repulic. The committee had people executed in the same day.
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Marie gets executed. Declare death sentence to those who challenge.
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Robespierre governed France. The reign of terror. 3,000 executed in Paris and 40,000 people executed in total.
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National Committee turn on robespierre because they beleived he was a tytrant. He is executed on July 28.
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Moderate leaders in National Convention draft a new constitution. Creates 2 houses of legislature adn executive body of 5 men known as the directory : Napoleon Banaparte chosen to lead Frances's armies.
