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The King was in trouble. The nobility was not happy with his attempt to tax their estate. Nobility wanted to pass the cost once again on the Third Estate.
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King Louis XVI calls body into session to approve a new tax on the 3rd Estate. Had not met in 175 years.
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3rd estate begins to go against kings openly. Made the King aware of their opinion. King locked them out of meeting.
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The 3rd estate would not leave the court until they wrote a constitution for France. King Louis agreed to give each representative a vote.
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Showed King Louis XVI that there was a battle to be fought. The storming of the Bastille is a powerful symbol of the French Revolution.
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Rumors spread of the Kings terrible acts of violence in order to keep the revolution contained cause fear in people on the countryside. In reality, the only violence was caused by the anxiety of the people and the 3rd estate taking revenge on unfair landowners
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Stopped fighting in the countryside and eliminated the 1st estates legal priviledges.
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Gave people equal rights, opportunities, and a say. This did not include women.
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King Louis returned to Paris and lives in Tuileries Palace with his family when a group of Women rioted at Versailles
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Proved the fear the King and Queen had of the revolutionaries. They fled Paris but were brought back to the Tuileries palace.
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Royals were taken out of power, established popular sovereignty
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The Bourgeousies wanted constitutional monarchy. Jacobins favored revolutionary actions.
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Threatened revolutionaries, sent troops to scare the revolutionaries. Sparked more revolution.
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When this failed, a movement in favor of the kind was encouraged
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Revolutionary government votes to abolish the monarchy and establish the first Republic. Royal family imprisoned.
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France turns the tide of the war and takes the offensive against the invaders.
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Proved the revolutionaries were taking charge and this renewed government system
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Made during the reign of terror, it protected the newly established republic against foreign attacks and internal rebellion
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Anyone suspected to be corrupt and against the revolution was arrested
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Gave people in the Third Estate a chance for a new life
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Executive power was made and it acted as a new constitution
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France's poverty and corruption spread
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