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Because King Louis was spending a lot of money, France was now in debt. The prices started to increase in everything and the taxes also. Many people died because they couldn't buy food
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This Este General Meeting was so the King Louis could propose solutions to his financial problems. There was three Estate Generals
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Bastille day was a day where french people celebrated their unity. This is now a holiday. It is on July 14th. Every year there is a military parade
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In June 21, King Luis and queen Marie Antoinette and her family, escaped France in order make a counter revolution. They only got to Varennes. There, they got arrested so they had to return to Paris
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King Luis Finally accepted to create the Legislative Assembly. This assembly could create new laws or could decide to proclaim war or not, but even tough there was a Legislative Assembly the King could still implement or change laws
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In 1792 the Legislative Assembly declared war because they thought that the new form of government was not good because they could be destroyed by foreign powers. They wanted King Louis ruling completely again.
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In August 10, the people from Paris attacked the Tuileries Palace, where the king was living.
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After being sentenced to death by the French National Conviction, King Louis was executed by guillotine in Paris. In November, In November, evidence of Louis XVI’s counterrevolutionary intrigues with Austria was discovered, he was then sent to trial, and after a few months he was sentenced to death.
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The Reign of Terror was a period of violence that began after the beginning of the French Revolution. This time period caused a lot of death. 2,639 in Paris, and another 25,000 across France.
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The constitution of 1795, was based on the liberal republic with a franchise based on the payment of taxes. This constitution was very similar to the one in 1791.
