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When the French Estates-General, later called the National Assembly, vowed to, "never separate and to meet wherever the circumstances might require until we have established a sound and just constitution."
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Parisians storm the Bastille, starting the French Revolution
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Six thousand women marched 13 miles in the pouring rain from Paris to Versailles and demanded to see the king.
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The king of Prussia and the emperor of Austria, issued the Declaration of Pilnitz.
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The National Assembly completed its main task by producing a constitution. The constitution set up a limited monarchy in place of the absolute monarchy.
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The newly elected assembly takes office.
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The French revolutionaries and the European monarchs moved to the battlefield. The Legislative Assembly declared war on Austria then on Prussia, Britain and other states.
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A crowd of Parisians stormed the royal palace of the Tuileries and slaughtered the king's guards.
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Radicals execute the king and queen, which leads to the Reign of Terror.
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Maxilmilien Robespierre is executed and the Reign of Terror ends
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The French Revolution ends with the ascent of Napoleon Bonaparte.
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The Treaty of Fontainebleau was signed to end fighting between the Austrian Empire, Prussia and Russia.
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The congress met for 10 months and faced the monumental task of restoring stability and order in Europe after the years of war.
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The meeting ended when four European powers defeated Napoleon.
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Napoleon dies of a stomach ulcer
