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Parisians became afraid because of rumors of a military coup. Because of this, rioters attacked the Bastille fortress to secure gunpowder and weapons.
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The National Constituent Assembly abolished feudalism. Also, the Declaration of the rights of man and of the citizen was created.
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France's first written constitution established a constitutional monarchhy. Because of this, support for the trial of Louis XVI was formed. Maximilien de Robespierre was one of the reformers.
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The King was arrested in Paris. The next month, hundreds of accused counterrevolutionaries were killed in a massacre.
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King Louis XVI was condemned to death. Marie-antoinette, his wife, was condemned 9 months later.
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Jacobins seized control of the National Convention. The Reign of Terror began.
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Robespierre was executed. His death marked the beginning of Thermidorian Reaction.
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A new constitution was created. Anyone who protested were silenced by Napoleon Bonaparte's army.
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Napoleon appointed himself France's "First Consul". Beginning of the Napoleonic Era,
