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1st Estate- Nobility
2nd Estate- Clergy
3rd Estate- Others
Had not met in 175 years. Called to recreate the governement and institute a leader. -
Peasants stormed the prison, killing all the guards and dismantling the prison by hand.
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March beginning in parisian markets to the palace of versailles over the price of bread
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Slave revolt against French colonists. Established a slave-free government.
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Louis XVI and his wife, Marie Antoinette, attempt to escape to Austrai in the night. They are caught in a small villagge by the border and are charged with treason
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The king was tried for treason and sentenced to death by guillotine
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Marks the beginning of mass executions of enemies of the state and the Jacobins
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Mass executions of jacobin enemies, ended with the death of Maximillian Robespierre
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Group of five powerful nobles to rule of France during the revolution.
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Napoleon takes power for the directory and changes his title to emperor after consolidating power.
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Part of the Napoleonic wars in which France effortlessly occupied Portugal due to lack of governmental resistance. Challenged by prtugese people and UK.
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Group of ambassadors created to resolve war issues created by the French Revolution and Napoleonic Wars.
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Napoleon's army defeated by a combined force of Prussian and Anglo-allied forces in the Seventh Coalition. Resulted in Napoleon's exile.
