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The French Revolution

  • First meeting of the Estates-General

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    STAGE I

  • Third Estate votes to create a National Assembly

  • The Tennis Court Oath

    The Tennis Court Oath
  • The Storming of the Bastille

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    STAGE II

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    The Great Fear

  • National Assembly abolishes seigneurial rights, fiscal priviledges of nobles, clergy, towns, and provinces

  • Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen

  • Women's March on Versailles

    Women's March on Versailles
  • The Adoption of a new Constitution

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    Struggle between Girondins and Mountain

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    Reign of Terror

  • Paris Commune revolts

  • Declaration of the Republic

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    STAGE III

  • Louis XVI executed

    Louis XVI executed
  • Founding of the Committee of Public Safety

  • Robespierre Executed

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    STAGE IV

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    Thermidorian Reaction

  • Constitution of 1795

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    The Directory

  • Coup d'etat wherein Napoleon Bonaparte seizes power