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France split up into 3 groups which were called the three estates and they were: 1st The Clergy, 2nd The Nobles, and 3rd the rest of society
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The people from the third estate which was the rest of society won the votes and started to go forward with their plants to start the revolution
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The royal family tried to escape from France because they wanted to escape the revolutions consequences and they wanted to go to Austria
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A new constitution was made and enforced by King Louis that turned his ruling into a constitutional monarchy
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France went into war because the Austrians and the Prussians were against France having a constitutional monarchy and wanted King Louis to be an absolute monarch, also in 1972 the guillotine was created and it was used as a weapon to kill people fast and quick without them suffering
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King Louis XVI was executed with the guillotine
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Robespierre became the leader of France and ruled very close to a tyrant and all of his actions led to his time in rule to be known as the Reign of Terror
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A member of the national convention turned against Robespierre and because of him Robespierre was arrested and he was executed with the guillotine
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Leaders of the national convention created a new plan for the government which gave the power to the upper middle class instead of to the clergy's and the nobles, this required 2 house legislature and 5 executive men known as the directory