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This day was marked as the start of the French Revolution. They also decided to establish new taxes at the meeting.
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The tennis court oath was a key moment that set off the french revolution. At the meeting the men of the National Assembly said they would never stop meeting until the constitution had been established.
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There was a paris mod that was hungry due to lack of food from poor harvests. This was such a big thing because it showed what a force that the people could take on monarchy.
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The Declaration of the rights of man sets out the "natural and Inalienable" rights. Some of these rights include freedom, ownership, security, resistance to oppression.
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The women's march on versailles was another big turning point in the french revolution. The women's march brought an end to the great monarchy.
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380-286 was the vote number for the execution of King Louis XVI. He was publicly executed because of a trail of treason.
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This was a time period when there were public executions and killings of thousands of counter-revolutionary 'suspects'. The execution of King Louis started the "Reign of Terror"
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Robespierre and a lot of his followers were arrested in a hotel. From there they were executed.
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This was when the resulting Civil Code marked its first big law change since the roman times. The laws were focused mainly on property and families.
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He was crowned emperor at Notre-Dame de Paris in Paris. He did this so he could lay down the foundation for a future dynasty.
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There was a military conflict and it was fought by Spain, Portugal and the UK. The spanish constitution was on result from the Peninsular War.
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Napoleon and his men crossed a river to invade Russia. The result was a disaster for the French, the Russian army refused to engage with Napoleon and his men.
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When Napoleon was exiled the French just went back to the Bourbons being restored to power. The reason he was exiled was because his enemies wanted to put him into a place where he could not escape since he was one of the best military rulers of all time.
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He died because he had been getting sicker for several months and suffering from recurrent abdominal pain. He was also only 51 when he died on an island in St. Helena.