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France overthrows the king. Napolean will help to end the revolution
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As the National Assembly continued to work on the D.R.M the king wasnt happy. He had his army surround the city of Paris. The people freked out and formed local militias. A result to this was the attack on the Bastille.
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The 1st and 2nd estate outvoted the 3rd estate. Representatives stormed out of the meeting and decided to form thier own parliament called the National Assembly, and it would truly represent French people.
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The Tennis Court Oath was that the 3rd estate would keep meeting until the D.R.M was completed. The promise was kept.
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The city of Paris had their gun powder supply at a fort/prison called the Bastille. Thousands of Parisians attacked the fort and successfully get the gun powder. The city of Paris was now in the hands of the revolutionaries. The stroming of the Bastille is the official start of the French Revolution.
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The D.R.M. was a plan to create a document with rights the French people should have.
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Thousands of women from Paris marched the 12 miles from Paris to Versailles. They were armed with broomsticks, lances, pitchforks, swords, pistols and muskets. They wanted food and for King Louis XVI to sign the D.R.M.
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The Queen of France at the time was spending a ton of money. She was known for throwing expensive parties, and spending a dramatic amount of money on dresses and so on.
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France was bankrupt. They spent alot of money on wars and on the king/queen.France also had bad harvests. Due to the food shortages, the prices and demand went up.
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King Louis 16 and his family try to escape to Austria but get caught.
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KIng Louis 16th gets beheaded by the guillotene.
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King Louis XVI was beheaded. As a result Austria, Prussia, Spain, Portugal, Britain, and the Dutch Republic declared war on France and invaded. If France lost the French Revolution would be crushed.
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When the war started the French army was losing and the Austrian/Prussian army got to within 30 miles or so of Paris. Great Britain put a naval blockade on Frances port. As a result the french government (National Assembly) started killing anyone who was against the French Revolution. 40,000 people including Marie Antoinette will be sent to the guillotene. The Reign of Terror ends with Maximillien Robbespierre being sent to the guillotene.
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Napolean comes to power in France.
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Its an end to the monarchy in Europe.
The church loses most of its power.
People have rights/freedoms now.
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Whenever Napolean took over a country, he always put a family member in charge of that country. He would make them use enlightenment ideas and make them spread his name and ideas.
