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Louis XVI assumes the throne of France alongside his wife Marie Antoinette.
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The agrarian, commercial and financial crisis was total. He summons the Board of Nobles to study a solution.
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Popular pressure forces Louis XVI to summon the States General.
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States General Fail. The third state decided to abandon the meetings to form, separately, a National Assembly that swore not to rest until it gave France a Constitution (June 20) The mob takes the Bastille (July 14) Proclamation of the rights of man and citizen (August 26)
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(Constituent Assembly 1789 - 1791) (Legislative Assembly 1791 - 1792)
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The civil constitution of the Clergy is promulgated.
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Proclamation of the first Constitution of France The royal family tried to flee the country, but is discovered and arrested.
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Austria was the first country to face the French. The republic was proclaimed.
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(Convention 1792 - 1795) (Directory 1795 - 1799) (Consulate 1799 - 1804)
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Louis XVI was executed Queen Marie Antoinette was executed
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Robespierre and his followers fall who are guillotined.
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Napoleon Bonaparte staged a great coup that put an end to the Directory
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End of the revolution in 1804 (1804 - 1814)
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