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France began to be in crisis due to bad organisation, and lack of food of the people.
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The General States were formed by three states:
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There were problems with economy, so Louis XVI decided to change the finances minister.
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The Bastille had been a prison, The Assembly decided to get into the Bastille and get the weapons and gunpowder to protect the Assembly.
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Louis XVI and his family escaped from Paris, but they were arrested in Varennes and they returned as prisoners.
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A constitution was approved by the third estate
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The first French Republic was declared
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The king was judged and she became a criminal, he had to die on the guillotine.
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The life of Marie Antoinette finished as the same way as her husband. She had sexual relations with her son.
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Roberspierre was a Jacobin (Politician group). Robespierre believed that if people were afraid the revolution would go better. He only wanted to kill people.
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Napoleon Bonaparte took power and became the Imperor of France.
