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Rumore of a military coup were spreading and the people decided to fight back.They went to the Bastille where they got weapons and gun powder. To make a point they began to destroy the Bastille brick by brick, this was the beginning of the Revolution.
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Peasants began to be vilent. They looted then burned down the homes of the tax collectoers, landlords and siegniorial elite. Inspitred the National Assembly to abolish slavery an signed " the Death Certificate of the old order", the Decloration of the Rights of man.
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The King tries to flee the country but is caught and brought back to Paris
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The first constituition is being drafted by the National Assembly, this angered some people and the King took advantage of his veto ability
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Frustration with the leadership in France reached its highest point, Bonaparte staged a coup d’état, abolishing the Directory and appointing himself France’s “first consul