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Louis 16th made king
-marrys marie antoninette
-money problems and in debt
-calls meeting of the estates general to solve debt
-sets road to revolution
-not involved -
Tennis Court Oath
-98% of the population was in the 3rd estate
-they demanded equal taxations
-wasnt granted and were kicked out of meeting hall
-after, they moved to a tennis court and made an oath to me there everyday until they got treated better -
Legislative Assembly Created
-the national assembly had Louis sign the constitution
-the legislative assembly was then created
-power to make laws and declare war
-Assembly soon split when people wanted more freedom and more power -
King Executed
-crazy mobs ran the streets and had more power than government assembly
-the people wanted the king dead
-found guilty for treason
-head cut off by the guillotine
-got rid of the monarcy -
Reign of Terror
-Maximilien Robepierre was in power
-executed people for speaking of the old regime
-execute crazy
-3000 people killed in one year
-the people over powered him and executed him
