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King Louis XVI calls forth the Estates General
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After being removed from the Estates General, the Third Estate forms the National Assembly.
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Angry revolutionaries storm the Bastille.
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The Declaration of the Rights of Man is written and states that all men are equal under law.
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Parisian market women lead a march on Versailles to protest about scarcity and high price of bread.
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The Civil Constitution of the Clergy is published allowing the French government control of the Church.
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King Louis XVI and his family attempt to flee from France but are caught at Verannes.
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Thousands of people are sentenced to death by execution that is caused by conflict between two political parties the Jacobins, and the Girondins.
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After being put on trial the king is sentenced to death.
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Maximilien Robespierre, leader of the Jacobins, is executed and the power of the Jacobins fall with him.
