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Meeting of the Estates General
This meeting was one of the first events of the Revolution that the king Louis called. General had not met for about 175 years. -
Storming of the Bastille
The next major event the happend during the Revolution because King Louis made a serious mistake.- he order troops to Paris and Versailles in red case.
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Creation of the National Convention
Legislative Assembly felt powerless.
first acts wwere abolishing the monarchy and declaming France a republic.
- French won a battle against the foreign invaders.
- The French republic had held its ground against Europe's Old Order. -
Decleration of the Rights of Man andof the Citizen
the Declaration laid out the basic principles of the French for ex: tthe Revolution " liberty, equality, fraternity {brotherhood}
- all men are born equal and remain equal before the law. -
Creationof the National Assembly
Violence that marked the beginning of the Revolution
the national assembly began to transform centries of French tradition.- The National Assembly had eliminated all the feudaldues and services that the peasants owed the landowners.
- to approved new taxes on the Third Estate
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Excutive of the King
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Reign of Terror
their was a series accusations, trials, and executions
creating a wave of fear thoughout the country.- 17,000 of whom were sentence to death and more died in prisons or were killed without any form of trial.
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Coup d'etat
