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Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette spent massive amounts of money which sunk them into large amounts of debt.
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An executive body of five men in a two-house legislature.
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The National Assembly adopted this which reflected the influence of the Declaration of Independence.
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Senseless panic in France
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Meeting of representatives from the three estates for Louis' new tax. (First one in 175 years)
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The estates finally voted to establish the National Assembly which would end the absolute monarchy and start a representative government.
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Third Estates broke down a door to an indoor tennis court and pledged for a new constitution
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National Assembly completed the new constitution and also created a new legislative body called the Legislative Assembly
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The period where Robespierre governed France virtually as a dictator.
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On this date Louis XVI walked up the steps of the scaffold to be beheaded by a machine called the guillotine.
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Lawmakers established a group of three consuls in the Directory's place
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Gained Napoleon the support of the organized Church as well as the majority of the French people. It was an agreement with Pope Pius VII for the church and state.
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Napoleon offered to sell the Louisiana Territory to the US and the US purchased it for $15 million.
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Napoleon's greatest work with his comprehensive system of laws.
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Around the time of the Battle of Trafalgar Louis XVI tried to flee France. Establish himself elsewhere and come back but ended up being executed.
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A policy made to make continental Europe more self-sufficient
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Russians stopped selling grain to Britain which caused a breakdown in their alliance. So Napoleon invaded Russia as a result with more than 420,000 soldiers.
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Napoleon was given a small pension and exiled to Elba (a small island of the Italian coast)
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Napoleon escaped from Elba so the British shipped him to St. Helena, which was remote, and he stayed for six years. He died in 1821 from a stomach ailment.
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The defeat from the British and Prussians ended Napoleon's last bid for power which was called the 100 days.