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A meeting of the Estates-General is called by Louis XVI in Versailles to discuss and approve a new tax plan. -
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The Storming of the Bastille (French: Prise de la Bastille [pʁiz də la bastij]) occurred in Paris, France, on the morning of 14 July 1789. The medieval fortress and prison in Paris known as the Bastille represented royal authority in the centre of Paris. -
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The representatives of the French people, constituted as a National Assembly, and considering that ignorance, neglect, or contempt of the rights of man are the sole causes of public misfortunes and governmental corruption, have resolved to set forth in a solemn declaration the natural, inalienable and sacred rights of man: so that by being constantly present to all the members of the social body this declaration may always remind them of their rights and duties -
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As long as the king could hope to see the kingdom's order and happiness restored by the means employed by the National Assembly and by his residence next to this Assembly in the capital city, no personal sacrifice mattered to him. If this hope had been fulfilled, he would not even have contested the deprivation of his liberty occasioned by the denial of an absolute veto without which all of his efforts since October 1789 have been null and void. -
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The aunts of Louis XVI had recently left France for Rome. Today, the Constituent Assembly discussed a decree that would outlaw emigration. -
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The Insurrection of 10 August 1792 was one of the defining events in the history of the French Revolution. -
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One day after being convicted of conspiracy with foreign powers and sentenced to death by the French National Convention, King Louis XVI is executed by guillotine in the Place de la Revolution in Paris -
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Without trespassing further upon your time give me leave to inform you, that I am extreemly desirous to be employed in some respectable situation by the Executive of the united States, and to solicit your interference in my favor is the principal object of this letter. -
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E. Randolph has the honor of inclosing to the President the fair copy, as well as the rough draft of the Proclamation. It was transcribed upon the supposition, that the President would direct it to issue in the form, which the three other gentlemen had approved; and the rough is sent; in order that the President may decide, whether there be any propriety in the two amendments, which have been suggested. -
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On July 27, 1794, French revolutionary leader Maximilien Robespierre was overthrown; he was executed the next day. -
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13 Vendémiaire Year 4 is the name given to a battle between the French Revolutionary troops and Royalist forces in the streets of Paris. The battle was largely responsible for the rapid advancement of Republican General Napoleon Bonaparte's career. -
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On October 5, 1795, Napoléon was in Paris when a large, angry Parisian mob of royalists tried to attack the ruling National Convention at the Tuileries Palace. Vicomte Paul de Barras, who had been at Toulon and was impressed by Napoléon’s military ability, called upon Napoléon to defend the palace. Napoléon brought his canons to bear upon the mob, wounding and killing hundreds with his grapeshot, quickly clearing the streets. Napoléon was hailed as a hero by Barras [one of the 5 directors of -
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On October 14th, 1793, I happened to be in the country when I received the news that I had been named with M. Tronson Ducoudray to defend the Queen before the revolutionary tribunal, and that the trial was to start on the following morning at eight o'clock.
