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Representatives from the third estate form the National Assembly. They stood for economic and social equality, and the abolishment of the 3 estates system.
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The National Assembly agreed to stay in the tennis court where they were meeting until a new constitution was established.
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Armed citizens of Paris stormed and captured the Bastille.
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The Great Fear spreads throughout France. Peasants revolt against Louis XVI.
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France's system of social classes, feudalism, is abolished in 1789
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Parisian women marched on Versailles demanding bread.
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Titles such as Prince, Baron, etc. were no longer in use.
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Louis XVI formally accepted the new constitution. The constitution was written by representatives of the Third Estate in the National Assembly.
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In 1791, the Legislative Assembly was formed. This was the National Assembly's initiative for creating laws.
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France declares war on Austria. The French army underestimated the size of the Austrian army, and fled on first sight of it.
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Louis XVI is finally executed by means of the guillotine.
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Jean-Paul Marat, a radical French Jacobin, was assassinated while taking a medical bath.
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The Reign of Terror is led by Maximilien Robespierre, the dicator of France. A total of 40,000 were executed
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Marie Antoinette, just months after her husband, was tried and executed by means of the guillotine.
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Robspierre becomes virtually a dictator in France. He leads the Reign of Terror.
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Conventioned calls for the arrest of Robspierre. Robspierre attemps to create an uprising agains the government which fails, and he is executed. As a result, the terror is over.
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Napoleon took control of the French army in 1796, and by 1799, was the effective dictator of France.