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The Estates General
- There were representatives from each estate: The clergy, Nobility and third.
- King Louis XVI needed assistance about the decision of how they're going to get France out of debt.
- The third estate decides they have had enough and want more of a say in their government. They call themselves the National Assembly and people from the other estates join.
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Storming of Bastille
- Paris, France July 14.
- Revolutionaries from the Third Estate broke into the prison.
- 98 attackers and one defendant died in the battle.
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March On Versailles
-Thousands of women marched 12 miles from Paris to demand bread for their children
- Invasion results in killing of guards and forced return of king and family to Paris. -
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The French Revolution
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The Reign Of Terror
- The convention kills King Louis XVI under the charge of treason
- Maximilien Robespierre took control
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The King and Queen attempt to escape
- Marie Antoinette and King Louis XVI attempt to escape France because of the government issues. However they get caught because King Louis' face was on the money.
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Napoleon
- Led France into a 15 year military rule
- Napoleon was making positive progress in FRance
- After the French invasion of Russia in 1812, he got exiled to the island of Elba in 1815.
