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King Louis XVI calls the Estates General together for the first time in a long time. This included the clergy, the noblemen, and the rest of France together.
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After being removed from the Estates General, the Third Estate formed the National Assembly. They then vow "not to separate, and to reassemble wherever circumstances require, until the constitution of the kingdom is established."
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"On 14 July 1789, a state prison on the east side of Paris, known as the Bastille, was attacked by an angry and aggressive mob. The prison had become a symbol of the monarchy's dictatorial rule, and the event became one of the defining moments in the Revolution that followed."
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The Declaration of the Rights of Man is established and states that all men are equal under law. (excluding women and children)
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Parisian market women lead a march on Versailles to protest about the low quantities and high prices of bread.
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King Louis XVI and his family attempted to flee from France but were caught at Verannes and sent back to Paris where the King is forced to go on trial.
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Thousands of people are sentenced to death by execution that is caused by conflict between two political parties the Jacobins, and the Girondins. The leader of the Jacobins, Maximilien arises as a new leader of the Revolution.
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After being put on trial King Louis XVI is sentenced to death. He is executed by the guillotine on January 21, 1793.
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Maximilien Robespierre, leader of the Jacobins, is executed and the power of the Jacobins fall with him. The Girondins gain more power as a result.
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Napoleon rapidly rose through the ranks of the military during the French Revolution (1789-1799). After seizing political power in France in a 1799 coup d’état, he crowned himself emperor in 1804.
