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France economy declined which caused alarm specially for the merchants, factory owners, and bankers of the third estate.
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The price of bread doubled in France and many people faced starvation
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The second estate forced Louis to call a meeting of the estate general to approve his new tax. The meeting was the first one after 175 years.
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Voted to establish the National Assembly in order to end Absolute Monarchy and start a Representative Government
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Mob searching for gunpowder stormed in Bastille, a prison in Paris. They took control of the whole building
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The Royal family was in danger and tried to escape France in order to get to the Austrian Netherlands.
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The National Assembly completed the New Constitution which created a limited Constitutional Monarchy.
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About 20,000 men and women invaded the Tuileries, the palace where the royal family was staying.
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The Convention ordered a draft of about 30,000 French citizens between the ages 18 and 40. Army grew to 800,000 people including women.
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Members of the National Convention turned on Robespierre and demanded his arrest and execution, sending him to the guillotine.
