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Louis XVI, age 19 takes the thrown, a weak leader usually dominated by his wife Marie Antoinette.
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Louis government is about to go bankrupt, Poor harvests, National Assembly is formed.
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National Assembly declares itself Constituent Assembly.
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People of Paris storm the Bastille, a hated prison that symbolized autocratic rule, Revolution Begins
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National Assembly decrees abolition of feudalism.
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National Assembly adopts the Decleration Of The Rights Of Man And Of The Citizen. Rights of Liberty, Property, Security, and resistance to opression to all men
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Abolition of nobility and titles.
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Food riots across Paris.
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Louis XVI attempts to flee to Varennes but is recognised and forcibly returned to Paris.
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King formally accepts Constitution
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The Revolution leaders turn on each other, legislative assembly forms radicals, moderates, and conservatives
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Jacobin Insurrection, again thwarted by gestures by the King, but Jacobins continue to defy the Assembly.
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Trial of the king begins.
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Louis XVI executed.
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France declares war on Britain and Holland
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Marie-Antoinette tried and executed
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Napoleon assumes command of French army in Italy
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Napoleon consecrated as Emperor.
