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a book in which Rousseau theorized about the best way to establish a political community in the face of the problems of commercial society, " If a government doesn't take care of you, you have the right to overthrow it."
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The Nationnal assembly was an revolutionary assembly formed by the representatives of the Third Estate. It was known as the National Constiituent Assembly.
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An oath to not disband and meet with required . Result of being locked out of the meeting hall.
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A key event that marked the beginning of the French Revolution. The state prison on the east of Paris was attacked by an angry mob.
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Focused on Human and Civil Rights, suchas, abolishing slavery, women's rights, what it means to be equal.
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One of the earliest and most significant events of the French Revolution.The march began amoung women in the marketplaces of Paris.
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Nicolas-Jacques Pelletier became the first person to be executed by the guillotine. Which is an apparatus designed for efficiently carrying out executions by beheading.
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The execution took place at the Place de La Revolution in Paris.
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The Comittee of Public Safety was created by the National Convention. I formed the de facto executive government in France during the reign of Terror.
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A calendar created and implemented during the French Revolution. Used by the French government for about 12 years.
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Robespiere was the architect of the French Revolution's Reign of Terror. He was overthrown and arrested by the National Convention.
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The Directory was the government of France during the penultimate stage of the French Revolution. It operated following the Committee of Public Safety and preceding the Consulate.
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The Napoleonic Code is the French civil code established under Napoléon I.The code forbade privileges based on birth, allowed freedom of religion, and specified that government jobs should go to the most qualified.
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Napolean Bonaparte becomes the first Frenchman to hold the tite of the emperor in a thousand years. Napolean was only 35 years old.
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The Continental System was the foreign policy of Napoleon I of France in his struggle against Great Britain during the Napoleonic Wars.
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On this day Napolean abdicates the throne and in the Treaty of Fortainebleau, is banished to the Mediterreanisland of Elba.
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The battle was fought on a Sunday near Waterloo in present day Belgium. A french army lead by Napolean was defeated by two of the armies of the Seventh Coalition.
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The death of Napoleans death was debated but an physician found that he was diagnosed with stomach cancer, which his father had also died from.
