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Money-by 1787 the French government was bankrupt over 400 million livres in debt the 1st and 2nd estates refused to pay taxes
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Bad Harvest-1787-1788 had terrible weather, heavy rain, hard winters, too hot summers peasants and farmers make smaller incomes or lose their jobs completely because of inflation *King Louis calls estate general in 1789 and for the fi
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The Estates General in France were based on medieval laws and customs that no longer fit with modern day society.
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War words between French revolutionaries and European monarchs moved onto the battlefield.
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Mob invades the Tuileries palace after meeting at city hall
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Crowd of Parisians stormed the royal palace of the Tuileries and slaughtered the king's guards.
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King Louis XVi was executed by order of the national convention.
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Marie Antoinette was also executed and the popular press celebrated her death
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Radicals execute the king and queen which leads to the reign of terror
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From the port city of Marseillas troops marched to a rousing new song. La Merseillas will later become the French National Anthem
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Napoleon drove British forces out of the French port of Toulon
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Robespierre gives a speech explaining why the terror was necessary to achieve the goals of the revolution
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The End of the Reign of Terror
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Robespierre was arrested
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Robespierre was executed and after the heads of Robesperre and other radicals fell execution slowed dramatically
