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has been celebrated ever since as the beginning of the french nation state
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the french revoluton was more complex more violent and far more radical
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the estates general was composed of represenatives from the three orders of french society
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the third estates demanded that each deputy have one vote
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the national assembly voted to abloish the rights of lordland as well as the finanicial privileges of noblr and clergy
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napoleon rose quckly through the ranks of the french army. in 1792 he became captain two years later at the ae of only 24he was made a brigadier general by the committee of public safety
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national convention starts it session. it had been called to a draft a new constitution, it also acted the soverign ruling body of france
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the execution of king louis pushed the french revolution into a new radical stage
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the montain won at the beginning when it conviced the national convention to pass a decree condemning louis to death
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the coalition was poised for an invasion of france. if successful both the revolution and the revolutionaries would be destroyed
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the committee of public safety took control. the committeeacted to defend france from foregin and domestic threats
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Napoleon became consul in 1799 france was at war with a european coalition of russia, great britain, and austria.
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The british navy decisive defeat of a combined french spanish fleet at trafalgar in 1805
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Grand army of over six hundred thousand men enter russia. Napolean opes for victory depended on a quick defeat of the russian army
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The military disater led other european states to rise up and attack the crippled french army
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Napolean made his entry into paris in triu ph on march 20,1815
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Napolean met a combined and prussian army under the Duke of Wellington and suffered a bloody defeat