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A meeting of representatives from each estate to vote on a solution to France's financial problems. The third estate was locked out.
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The third estate members who were locked out called themselves the National Assembly.
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The National Assembly swore not to stop meeting until they had a constitution.
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Crowds banned together and attacked the Bastille, a massive stone prison where they kept weapons and gunpowder. The people tore down the Bastille.
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The people wrote a document that demanded a representative government to protect the people's rights and freedoms and an end to tyranny.
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The group of conservatives, moderates, and radicals that made laws.
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It was a public execution with the guillotine. One thing that caused it was a threat from the King of Bronzewick that said not to hurt the monarchy.
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Ruled France like a dictatorship during the Reign of Terror.
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A time period when the leaders were trying to scare enemies of the republic and many people against the revolution were killed
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The power of the catholic Church was weakened by destroying religious symbols, money taken away from church, christianity becoming illegal, and making a different calendar with no Sundays.
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When he announced that he had a secret list of enemies of the republic, everyone worried that they were on the list. This was a tactical error and led to Robespierre's final arrest and execution, which ended the terror.
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It was a temporary government that consisted of 5 people who were holding France together and stopping violence. It was disliked by the people.
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He took the power of a dictator, and the people of France were glad because they wanted strong leadership.
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The Concordat said that the government recognized the influence of the Church, but rejected Church control in national affairs. It gained Napoleon support of the church and many more French people.
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The Napoleonic Code gave the country a uniform system of laws and authority over individual rights. It restored slavery and limited liberty, but also eliminated many injustices.
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The French voters supported him. He implied that he was more powerful than the church.
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He was exiled to a different island at first, but then escaped, so he was sent to St. Helena.
