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Storming of the Bastille
The attack on the Bastille for gunpowder and ammunition in order to defend the National Assembly from a rumored attack against it. -
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The Great Fear
A wave of senseless panic that spread through the French countryside after the storming of the Bastille. -
Declaration of the Rights of Man
The statement that the National Assembly adopted the ideals that man should have equal access to public office based on talent, not status. -
Women's March on Versailles
A mob of Parisian women stormed the palace of Versailles demanding that Louis XVI and the royal family return to Paris to end the nation wide food shortage. -
Flight of Louis XVI and the Royal Family
A failed attempt by King Louis XVI to get out of France with his family to Austria. -
September Massacres
Rumors that that imprisoned aristocrats and priests were plotting with the allied invaders. As a result, angry crowds invaded the prisons of Paris and slaughtered the men and women they found. -
Beheading of Louis XVI
King Louis XVI was beheaded in order to remove threats that would hinder the development of the Republic. -
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The Reign of Terror
A period in which thousands of peasants and people who opposed the Republic were executed for "disloyalty". -
Napoleon's Seizure of Power
A coup d'etat was led by powerful military general Napoleon Bonaparte which toppled the Directory and led to Napoleon's seizure of power.
