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series of bad harvests left millions of peasants starving
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Wars against England and the extravagance left France Bankrupt
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National Assembly has little control over peoples, On 14 July they stormed and captured the Bastille
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austria,afraid that revolution might break out amongst their own people
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Louis tried to escape Belgium but were captured and executed and France was declared a republic
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The danger of foreign invasion required strong defensive measure
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At last French were exhausted with the savagery, fear and bloodshed of the reign of terror