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In the year 1768, Louis XVI was chosen to be the future king of France.
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Marie Antoinette moved with her family to france when she was just a teenager. They did this after news had broken out that a new king was to be chosen.
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In 1770 Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette were married. At the same time, the rest of France was dealing with economic and political problems. These problems were created due to an imbalance of power of the three estates.
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Louis XVI becomes king aire to Louis XV.
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King Louis XVI calls the clergy, the noblemen, and the rest of France together. (first time in years)
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Revolutionaries storm the Bastille. They do this to make a statement against the first and second estates.
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The Declaration of the Rights of Man was a document constituted by the French National Assembly outlining the rights of the people of france.
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In the year 1789, Persian market women march on Versailles to protest the high price of bread in France.
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The Royal Family attempts to flee, but are caught in the act and sent back to France where the king is sent to trial.
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King Louis XVI is convicted of conspiracy with foreign powers and guillotined.
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Marie Antoinette is executed by the third estate. She dies as the final Queen of France.
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Reign of Terror ended with the death of Rosepierre. The Reign of Terror "was a period of violence that occurred during the onset of the French Revolution" -www.historywiz.com/terror.htm
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In the year 1794, Robespierre is executed ending the French Revolution.
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Napoleon Bonaparte rises to the throne at the end of the French Revolution. He was a French military and political leader of France.