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Meeting concerning the third estate and the complaints about the estate system. Third Estate is locked out
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Third Estate believes it should have representation in the votes, so it creates the National Assembly represent the third estate
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An oath declaring that they will no stop until they have a new French Constitution that supports the third estate
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The third estate storms the bastille, a major french prison that was a major symbol of the king and his power. They tear the whole prison down using sheer manpower and only using their hands
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Declaration calling for the end of tyranny, equal rights and representation for all men, freedom of the press and freedom of speech
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Legislative assembly creates a constitutional monarchy with Louis XVI as the head of state.
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King Louis Executed after trying to escape, accused of treason
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12 man council who essentially ruled France with a multi-man dictatorship type of government
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Robespierre wanted to entirely dechristianize France, and even created his own religion to substitute for it: the festival of the supreme being
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A time period in which 40,000 people were killed and anyone who didn't believe in the revolution was to be executed.
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Robespierre Executed because he had become too drunk with power, and it was essentially a dictatorship again
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Temporary government made up of five men, trying to make sure that no violence broke out
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members of the Directory conspired with Napoleon to take over the French government by means of a coup d'état
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Concordat was an agreement between Napoleon and Pope Pius VII which solidified the Roman Catholic Church as the majority church of France and brought back most of its civil status.
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Napoleonic code gave France a uniform set of laws and eliminated many injustices. Limited liberty and promoted order and authority over individual rights. freedom of speech/press is banned, and slavery is reinstalled in the french colonies of the Caribbean
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Napoleon crowns himself the emporer of France in part so that France would have a stable govenrment and leader
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Napoleon banished to st helena after being defeated at the battle of waterloo, essentially put under house arrest at st helena until his death
