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France is in debt from helping America in their Revolution and wars, King Louis XVI tries to tax the Second Estate but the nobles refuse to pay.
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King Louis XVI calls for the Estates General to meet the following spring after a rough winter. This will be the first time meeting in approximately 175 years.
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http://www.realmagick.com/first-estate-the-estates-general/First time the Estates General meets in approximately 175 years.
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http://jocelynkennedy13.blogspot.com/2010/12/formation-of-nation-assembly-june-1789.htmlThe Third Estate proclaims themselves the National Assembly; national Assembly swears the Tennis Court Oath (where a constitution is formed.)
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Picture LinkRumours of an “aristocratic conspiracy” by the king and the privileged to overthrow the Third Estate led to the Great Fear of July 1789, when the peasants were nearly panic-stricken. The gathering of troops around Paris and the dismissal of Necker provoked insurrection in the capital. On July 14, 1789, the Parisian crowd seized the Bastille, a symbol of royal tyranny. Again the king had to yield.
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The Declaration laid out the basic principles of the French Revolution,
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Louis, Marie, and their children attempt to escape France while under disguise. They will be caught near the Austrian border and returned to Paris as prisoners. -
Austria and Prussia issue a declaration warning against harming the French minarchs and hint that any such action would provoke war,send troops to the border.
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National Convention declares that France will be a republic and not a constitutional monarchy.
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http://www.rjgeib.com/thoughts/french/french.htmlLouis XVI atempts to give a speach, and drummers are ordered to drum out his words.hg
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http://atticusthird.wordpress.com/category/culture/page/2/The Reign of Terror is unleashed by the Committee of Public Safety; led by Maximilien Robespierre. causes 17,000 deaths.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_ConventionNational Convention writes a more restrictive constitution; only male property owners could vote
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http://napoleonsphinx.com/Napoleon wanted to make his own power permanent and hereditary. He submitted a plebiscite, and eventually took the crown out of the Pope's hands as a sign of power.
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Literally takes the crown out of Pope's hands, crowns self as a sign of power.
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http://www.dipity.com/wcg1/The_History_of_Russia_Eurasian_Republics/
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http://mateengreenway.com/steampunk/Space1889timeline.htmFrance recognizes Louis XVIII, brother of executed Louis XVI. Napoleon manages to come back to France, Louis XVIII flees to belgium in fear. Napoleon arrives in Paris on March 20 to cheering crowds, and the Hundred Days begin
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http://quadriv.wordpress.com/2011/09/03/napoleon-helena-and-the-iron-crown-of-lombardy/Allies enter Paris in triumph and force Napoleon to surrender and is exiled to Elba
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Dies at age 51, never escaped from his remote prison after 6 years of imprisonment.
