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dramatic act of defiance by representatives of the nonprivileged classes of the French nation
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a prison was attacked by a mob
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The heads each estate of France met to discuss issues in their lives. Beacuse nothing was accomplished, the 3rd Estate left the governments to make their own government.
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was guillotined in the Place de la Révolution
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The Reign of Terror was a period where many first, second and third estate members were targeted. as a result, paranoia and mistrust spread across the people of France
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many of the revolutionary leaders had had enough of the Terror. They turned on Robespierre and had him arrested. He was executed, along with many of his supporters, by guillotine on
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It codified several branches of law, including commercial and criminal law, and divided civil law into categories of property and family.
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Napoleon proclaimed himself emperor, and made Josephine Empress.
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a fundamental document of the French Revolution that granted civil rights to some commoners, although it excluded a significant segment of the French population.
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one of the earliest and most significant events of the French Revolution