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Total Monarchy Ends
King Luis XVI was in total control of france. Many people disliked him because he was considered a weak leader and did not solve many of the problems in france. The people could not take it anymore and overthrew the monarchy.
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French Revolution
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National Assembly
From 1789 to 1791 the National Assembly was the government of France. The main goal of the Assembly was to write a new constitution on how the government should be run.
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Storming of Bastille
The people of france were very angry at the way the government was run so they stormed Bastille, a prison. From that point on July 14 is known as Bastille day. -
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National Convention
After 2 years of arguing, the National Assembly wrote the first Constitution in which the National Convention would be France's government.
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Execution of King Luis
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Reign of Terror
The 1 year that Robespierre was the head of The Committee of Public safety, was known as the Reign of Terror because of all of the executions he had done on internal enemies. Delegates, afraid they may be next turned on him and demanded his execution.
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The Directory
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Napoleon
In 1789 Napoleon marched his army to the palace that the Directory was held in and took over without a fight.
