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Great Fear sweeps France
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Estates-General meets
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National Assembly is formed
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Citizens storm the Bastille
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Poor women of Paris march on Versailles
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Declaration of the Rights of Man Issued
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Period: to
National Assembly (moderate phase)
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Directory takes power
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Civil Constitution of the Clergy adopted
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Third Constitution is adopted
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Royal family confined to Tuileries
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Constitution creates limited monarchy
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Royal family attempts to flee France
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Paris mob invades the Tuileries Palace
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Citizens attack Paris prisons
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Louis XVI beheaded
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France becomes a republic
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Period: to
National Assembly (radical phase)
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Marie Antoinette is beheaded
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Committee of Republic Safety is created
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Reign of Terror
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Robespierre is beheaded
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Period: to
Directory (reaction phase)
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Napoleon leads invasion of Egypt
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Napoleon named Consul for life
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Napoleon becomes First Consul
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Age of Napoleon phase
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Concordat with Catholic Church
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Napoleon becomes emporer
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Napoleonic Code adopted
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Battles of of Austerlitz
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Battle of Trafalgar
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Napoleon invades Russia, retreats
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Napoleon is sent into exile, St. Helena
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Napoleon abdicates, Louis XVIII takes throne
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Napoleon's army invades Spain
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Napoleon returns from Elba exile
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Battle of Waterloo
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Napoleon dies
