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The Third Estate declares themselves the National Assembly without permission of the King while claiming to be working in his interests, as well as imploring the First and Second Estates to join the Assembly.
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After being ordered to disperse by King Louis the National Assembly forms at an indoor tennis court at the Versailles Palace and make a historic oath not to disband until a new French constitution had been adopted.
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After seemingly cooperating with the National Assembly King Louis XVI orders Paris to be surrounded with troops which incites riots and the storming of the Bastille.
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The outline of the ideals of the revolution detailing the rights of any man and ordinary citizen.
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A crowd of women demanding bread from the King for their families gathered other discontented Parisians, including some men, and marched toward Versailles.
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Jacobin members become some of the most radical leaders of the French Revolution. Its purpose was to protect the gains of the Revolution against a possible aristocratic reaction.
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Occurs when the royal family, including King Louis XVI and Queen Marie Antoinette, attempt to flee France. They are captured and returned to France.
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France declares war with Austria.
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Thousands of political prisoners are killed before they can be freed by royalist troops.
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The First French Republic is officially founded.
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King Louis XVI is executed by guillotine on the charge of treason.
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The Committee of Public Safety is formed headed by Maximilian Robespierre. It rules France during the Reign of Terror.
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A French political theorist, physician, and scientist who became best known for his role as a radical journalist and politician. He is stabbed to death in his bath by Charlotte Corday, a Royalist sympathizer.
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The Reign of Terror begins as Robespierre, the leader of the Committee of Public Safety, declares that terror will be the "order of the day" for the revolutionary government.
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The Queen of France, Marie Antoinette, is executed by guillotine. She stood accused of treason.
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The leader of the Committee of Public Safety and the driving force behind of the Reign of Terror is executed.
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The Directory is formed and takes control of the government of France.
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Napoleon overthrows the Directory and establishes the French Consulate with Napoleon as leader of France. This brings an end to the French Revolution.
