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A general assembly representing the French Estates; the nobility, the clergy, and the common people.
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The Third Estate declared themselves the National Assembly.
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Members of the Third Estate meet on tennis courts at Versailles and promise not to disband until a new constitution has been written.
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Celebrated as French Independence Day.
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The first step towards writing a constitution for France.
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Thousands of women marched to Versailles and forced the royal family to return to Paris.
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The royal family was caught and arrested at the French border in a failed attempt to escape.
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They abolished slavery and granted religious tolerance to Protestants and Jews.
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The Sans-Culottes were shop keepers, wage earners, and artisans. The Tuileries was a royal palace in Paris.
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The Massacres were a wave of mob violence which overtook Paris in late Summer 1792.
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They abolish the monarchy and create a new government/constitution.
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Russia defeated; Treaty of Tilsit between France and Russia.
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