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The estates general convenes
a legislative assembely of the diffrent classes of french subjects -
Period: to
the french revolution
a revolution of france -
Third estate declares itself the national assembly
the generals were called to deal with france's crisis but promptly fell to squabbling over it's own structure -
storming of the bastile
the french prisoners broke out of the medeival french prison -
decleration of the rights of man and citizen issued
a doccument of the french revolution defining the rights of the french citizen -
louis xvI executed
king louis was tried for crimes against people and executed -
maximilien Robespirre assumes leadership of the committee of public saftey
robspierre was in control of the committee of public saftey -
robespierre is executed
robespierre send out a list o people to be executed at a public meeting and people got nervous and turned against him and had him executed and that ended the reign of terror -
Napoleon Bonaparte seizes power
Napoleon gains control of the french military after being proven a military genius
