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The king ,Louis XVI, agreed to covene the Estates-General in the year of 1789 in May. This is the first time ever since 1614.
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The King banishes the minister, Necker, and reconstructs the ministery. Much of Paris and parts of the military joined an open rebellion thinking that this was a beginning of a royal coup.
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An angry mob reached the Bastille Prison and realsed seven prisioners after hours of fighting. Then accused and killed Jacques de Flesselles with treachery.
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When the king returned from Versailles, he accepted the tricolore cockade. It changed " Long live the nation" to " Long live the King." Many nobels began fleeing the country. They began to plot civil wars against the country.
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The National Assembly abolished feudalism. In just a few hours , this took away many special rights of nobels,clergy, towns, proviences, companies, and cities.
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A huge crowd of women, demanding bread for their families, marched to the city soaking wet from the rain. The king promised to go back to Paris and pass out bread to the women. It was the last time he ever saw varsallies.
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The people of Paris marched on Versailles in 1789. After many minor battles and incidents, the royal family and it's king alowed themselves to be brought back to Paris.
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The Assembly adressed their financial problems by having the nation take over the property of the church, with all the church's expenses.
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The king fleed to join the nobels in exile.Howevery did not succeed.
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King Louis XVI was arrested at his palce in France. Three days later he was sent to prision. Then was excuted in fron of a croud of people who hoped for a better era from his death.
