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After bad harvests and costly wars, King Louis XVI isa forced to convene the Estates General assembly in order to raise taxes.
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National assembly resolves not to disband until it has written a constitution.
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Bastille stormed and taken by a Paris mob.
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Nobles in national assembly renounce feudal rights; Jacobin club formed.
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Assembly issues Declaration of the Rights of Man.
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King Louis brought from Versailles to Tuileries palace on Paris.
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King flees to Australia, Is caught at Varennes.
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Paris mob storms royal palace; Legislative Assembly government collapse. Minister of Justice Danton purges thousands of presumed traitors.
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National Convention abolishes monarchy and declares France a republic.
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Revolutionary calendar introduced with new day and month names.
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National Convention condemns and executes the King.
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Counter-revolutionary revolt in the Vendee region begins.
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"Reign of Terror" by Committee of Public Safety begins.
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Price controls put into place by the government, Dechristianization, administrative reform.
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In the month of "Thermidor", Robespierre is executed, Reign Terror ends.
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Churches reopened
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New constitution is adopted, forming a new government called the Directory.
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Coup d'etat removes royalists from Directory.
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Napoleon's coup d'etat abolishes Directory and establishes Consulate government; end of French Revolution
