From Absolute Monarchy to Democratic Republicanism

  • Tennis Court Oath taken by National Assembly, pledging to draft a constitution.

  • Estates-General convenes at Versailles.

  • Third Estate declares itself the National Assembly.

  • Storming of the Bastille in Paris; symbolizes the start of the French Revolution.

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