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The Third Estate was not happy with the Estates General and formed the National Assembly when joined by the First and Second Estates to form a true representative body. This was the first act of the revolution.
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An attack of a Paris prison by Parisian radicals to get weapons to defend themselves and the newly formed National Assembly from the King.
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Rumors were spread that nobles were hiring outlaws to attack peasants. The peasants retaliated by attacking manor houses and the nobles.
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The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen was a document guaranteeing Natural Rights. Life, liberty, and Fraternity became the battle cry of the revolution.
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A march on the Palace of Versailles where the women demanded bread. They broke into the palace, killed the guards, and threatened the queen.
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The State seized Church land which upset the French people further.
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King Louis and his family fled to Austrian controlled lands in disguise.
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A limited constitutional monarchy is created with the approval of the King
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France declares war with Austria and Prussia because they declared Louis should return as an absolute monarch
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Mobs storm Paris and murder over 1000 prisoners afraid they are going to join and aid the foreign invaders
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Dissolved the Constitution of 1791 and the Legislative Assembly and create a new constitution with the National Assembly as legislative body
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Louis is found guilty of treason and executed via guillotine
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Stabbed to death in his bathtub by a member of a rival political party who was hoping to stop the bloodshed
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Enemies of the revolution were executed by the guillotine
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New constitution was drafted by the National Convention
