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French Revolution

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    The French Revolution details

  • Accesion of Louis XVI

    Ignore date, only recignuse year. Becomes king at 15 years of age, very timid, not fit to be king.

  • French Revolution

  • Fall of the Bastille

    This marks the start of the revolution

  • Declaration of the rights of man

  • Louis XVI captured trying to flee France

  • War declared on Austria

  • Prussia declared war on France

    Prussia thinks the revolutionary ideas will rub off onto the surrounding countries and so Prussia wants the king back into power.

  • Overthrow the monarchy

  • Republic proclaimed

  • king executed

  • Fall of Robspierre

    Again ignore date, apart from year

  • Girondins executed