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"Estates-General"
Meeting in 1789 an assembly representing the French estates: the clergy (First Estate), the nobles (Second Estate), and the common people (Third Estate). -
"National Assembly"
French congress by representatives of the Third Estate that make laws and reforms. "Tennis Court Oath"
Declaration by members of the Third Estate to stay together until they had made a new constitution for France. -
Medieval fortress and prison iBastille which represented royal authority in the center of Paris was looted and trashed by the townspeople in a sing of rebelion.
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It is a statement of fundamental political rights for freedom in a representative gov. It was approved by the National Assembly of France.
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The royal family attempted to go to Austria but a passerby who recognized them and prosseded to call for soldiers to have them arrested.
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France and Austria declared war because they were enemies prior, Prussia declared war on France to help their ally.
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Approximately 30,000 French citizens went to the Tuileries Palace to capture King Louis XVI.
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The abolition of the monarchy was proclaimed by the National Convention of France.
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King Louis XVI was decapitated with the guillotine at the Place de la Révolution in Paris. "Guillotine"
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“Reign of Terror”
It was the period of Robespierre’s rule, it was a period full of killing and unrest. "Robespierre"
He was a politician and an influential figure of the French Revolution. He ordered the execution of King Louis XV and he was an enlightened thinker
