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National Assembly
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Storming the Bastille
The medieval fortress, armory, and political prison in Paris known as the Bastille represented royal authority in the center of Paris. -
The Great Fear
A general panic that took place between 17 July and 3 August 1789, at the start of the French Revolution. -
The royal Flight to Varennes
during the night of 20–21 June 1791 was a significant episode in the French Revolution in which King Louis XVI of France, his queen Marie Antoinette, and their immediate family unsuccessfully attempted to escape from Paris in order to initiate a counter-revolution -
legislative assembly
the legislature of France from 1 October 1791 to 20 September 1792 during the years of the French Revolution -
battle of valmy
The Battle of Valmy was the first major victory by the army of France during the Revolutionary Wars that followed the French Revolution. The action took place on 20 September 1792 as Prussian troops commanded by the Duke of Brunswick attempted to march on Paris. -
National Convention
The National Convention was the first government of the French Revolution, following the two-year National Constituent Assembly and the one-year Legislative Assembly. Created after the great insurrection of 10 August 1792, it was the first French government organized as a republic, abandoning the monarchy altogether. -
Killing of louis XVI
The execution of Louis XVI, by means of the guillotine, a major event of the French Revolution, took place on 21 January 1793 at the Place de la Révolution in Paris. -
Reign of Terror
The Reign of Terror, or The Terror, is the label given by most historians to a period during the French Revolution after the First French Republic was established. -
The Directory
The Directory or Directorate was a five-member committee which governed France from 1795, when it replaced the Committee of Public Safety -
the coup d'etat
coup d'état that overthrew the system of government under the Directory in France and substituted the Consulate, making way for the despotism of Napoleon Bonaparte. -
Bonaparte returns to France
Born on the island of Corsica, Napoleon rapidly rose through the ranks of the military during the French Revolution
