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A document made in 1776 to announce the rights of men, including the rights to reform or abolish "inadequate" government. It was written by George Mason and Thomas Ludwell Lee.
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King Louis XVI called all three estates together for a meeting. this was the first time it had been done in 175 years. The meeting was to try and solve financial problems, but it ended up leading to a bigger issue, The French Revolution
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After the 3rd estate got kicked out of the Esates-General meeting, they held a meeting next door at the tennis court because they thought that the 1st and 2nd estate might be plotting something against them. They called themselves the National Assembly, and they vowed to not disband until a new constitution was made.
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The National Guard, which was recently formed raided a prison in Paris named the Bastille. This showed royal authority.
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women rioted over how expensive bread was and how scarce bread was. They also got joined with revolutionaries who wanted liberal political reforms and a constitutional monarchy. They destroyed the town for weapons and raided the palace of Versailles.
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occurred because of problems between two political groups Girondins and Jacobins and marked by mass executions of "enemies of revolutions"
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Napoleon was a french and emperor. He conquered a lot of Europe in the 19th century. He crowned himself emperor in 1804.
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Assembly that fixed Europe after the Napoleonic Wars.
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Napoleon's empire collapsed because of the Continental System, the Peninsular War, and the invasion of Russia. These 3 events decreased his level of power.
