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A general assembly representing the French estates of the realm: the clergy (First Estate), the nobility (Second Estate), and the commoners (Third Estate).
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Assembly formed by the representatives of the Third Estate (the common people) of the Estates General
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a state prison on the east side of Paris, the Bastille was attacked by an angry and aggressive group of people.
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a crowd of armed women demanding bread for their families marched on Versalles as protest.
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King Louis XVI of France queen Marie Antoinette, and their family attempted unsuccessfully to escape from Paris in order to start a counter revolution.
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King Louis XVI is executed by guillotine in the Place de la Revolution in Paris.
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Marie Antoinette was found guilty by the Revolutionary Tribunal of high treason and executed by guillotine on the Place de la Révolution.
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As part of his attempts to use extreme measures to control political activity in France, Robespierre later moved against the more moderate Danton, who was accused of corruption and executed.
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A five-member committee which governed France thought a period of time. It replaced the Committee of Public Safety, until it was overthrown by Napoleon Bonaparte.
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napoleon Bonaparte came to power and overthrew the Directory, replacing it with the French Consulate.
