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To participate in the American Revolution France borrowed 1500 million livres. Repaying the debt was equal to half of the total government revenue
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A combination of the enlightenment of the philosophes; US Declaration of Independence and English bill of rights. Equality liberty and resistance to opposition.
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Parliament refuses to register Tax on the three Estates. A year of conflict between the royal government and parliament followed.
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His words become the battle cry of the bourgeoisie.
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At Versailles.
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Louis XVI gave in to his nobles and called a meeting of Estates general.
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The bastille, a prison was seen as a symbol of the kings authority. The Mob of angry people released the prisinors
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The Three Estates could not agree on voting methods
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The Third estate was banned from a session of all three estates. The delegates met on an indoor tennis court and stayed together while drawing up a new constitution
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The peasants revolted, much property was destroyed, the people were demanded cheaper bread and suspension of feudal dues. The militia imposed law and order.
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The nobles gave away their feudal rights.
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Serfdom is the status of many peasants under Feudalism.
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Louis XVI signed the declaration of rights.
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This caused bringing clergy under government control. They would now be elected officials paid by the state. They had to swear an oath that tFrench Government was higher than the Pope.
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they were caught by the army and returned to Paris
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The Tuileries was where the royal family were being held. Legislative Assembly replaced by National Convention.
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Jean Paul Marat attacks prisons and killed 1,600 prisoners
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Jacobins wished the king executed. He was then sent to the Guillotine
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Robespierre was considered a tyrant by his supporters. They turned against him and got him executed.
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After all the French people went through in the revolution, They got stuck with a dictator
