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On 5 May 1789, amidst general festivities, the Estates-General convened in an elaborate but temporary lle des États set up in one of the courtyards of the official Hôtel des Menus Plaisirs in the town of Versailles.
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An angry mob attacked a state prison on the east side of paris. The basille housed political prisoners and had become a symbol of the monarchys power. This sparked the french revolution.
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This declared the rights of the french people. Some of the things stated in it are "men are born and remain equal" and "Society has the right to hold accountable every public agent of the administration".
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The march started among women in the marketplaces of Paris on 5 October 1789. They were rioting over the high price and scarcity of bread and fed up with the extravagant life style of the King & Queen, when they were going hungry.
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French: Déclaration des droits de la femme et de la citoyenne), also known as the Declaration of the Rights of Woman, was written in 1791 by French activist and playwright Olympe de Gouges. The Declaration is based on the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen, seeking to expose the failure of the French Revolution which had been devoted to sex equality
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the execution took place in de la Révolutiont,that means Place de la Révolution.formerly Place Louis XV, and renamed Place de la Concorde in 1795) in Paris. It was a major event of the French Revolution. After events on the 10 August 1792, which saw the fall of the monarchy after the attack on the Tuileries by insurgents, Louis was arrested, interned in the Temple prison with his family, tried for high treason before the National Convention, found guilty by almost all (and 'not guilty' by none),
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reign of terrorRobespierre was the head of the reign of terror. The purpose was to rid france of its enemies and protect from foreign invaders. 16000 people were guillotined.
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The name Thermidorian refers to 9 Thermidor Year II (27 July 1794), the date according to the French Revolutionary Calendar when Robespierre and other radical revolutionaries came under concerted attack in the National Convention
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In 1804, a new constitution established Napoleon Emperor of the French. Napoleon then summoned the pope to Notre Dame to take part in the coronation. He quickly decided at the last minute to crown himself Emperor, so none would doubt his power.
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The Imperial French army under the order of Emperor Napoleon was defeated by the Seventh Coalition armies. He was exiled to Elba for the second and last time and the French government retured to a monarchy.
