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The first meeting of the Estates-General since 1641. King Louis called a meeting of the Estates-General because of the government's financial problems.
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They kicked them out from the meeting room went to the tennis court but they cannot leave until they made a promise.
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A violent attack on the government by the people in France which created the start of the French Revolution.
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The declaration of the rights of man was created to show how all men are equal under the law. It only applies to men, not to children or women.
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a crowd of women demanding bread for their families.
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An attempt to reform and regulate the Catholic church in France which made the french government control the church.
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King Louis XVI, his queen Marie Antoinette, and his family tried escaping but failed the attempted so they got sent again to Paris.
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King Louis XVI is executed by guillotine in the Place de la Revolution in Paris.
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A harsh period of time in which radicals took control over the government and arrested anyone who they believed that ere not loyal to the revolution. this caused many people's death.
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Maximilien Robespierre is overthrown and arrested by the National Convention. Robespierre encouraged the execution, mostly by guillotine