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There are three Estates and was called to solve finiancal problems. One for clergy, one for noblity, and one for all the common people.
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French revolutionaries stormed the Bastille, which is the royal authority figure of city.
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It was passed by the National Assembly and was written by General Marquis de LaFayette with help from Thomas Jefferson.
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Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette attempt to escape and they make it to Varennes before they are recaptured.
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Revolutionaries wanted war, believing it would unite the country.
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King Louis XVI is excuted at the guillotine after a trial confirming he was guilty of treason.
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The Reign of Terror begins with Robespierre declaring terror the 'order of the day.'
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The National Convention declared him an outlaw and he flees. Before he was captured he shot himself but it didn't kill him. He was executed by the guillotine.
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Working women charged Versailles armed with pitchforks, pikes, and muskets.
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Napoleon, having needed money to fund his war, sold the Louisiana Territory to the U.S.
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Napoleon Bonaparte crowned himself Emperor of France at the Notre Dame Catherdral.
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The Congress meet to try to return life to how it was before the Revolution took place.
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The Battle of Waterloo took place in Belgium and signaled Napoleon's final defeat and he then died in exile.
