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Coronation
KIng Louis XVI became king in 1744.A coronation is a ceremony marking the formal investiture of a monarch and/or their consort with regal power, usually involving the placement of a crown upon their head and the presentation of other items of regalia.
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death of king louis the 16th
The first part of his reign is marked by his attempts to reform the kingdom in accordance with the Enlightenment ideals.Louis XVI was suspended and arrested as part of the insurrection of 10 August 1792 just one month before the constitutional monarchy was abolished and a republic declared.
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The Enlightenment period
A cultural movement of intellectuals in 18th century Europe and the American colonies. Its purpose was to reform society using reason (rather than tradition, faith and revelation) and advance knowledge through science.
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The Start Of the 7 Year War
A world war that took place between 1756 and 1763.This most of the great powers of the time and affected Europe, North America, Central America, the West African coast, India, and the Philippines.
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treaty of paris
Treaty ended the war.The success of the American colonists against a European power increases the ambitions of those wishing for reform in France.
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causes of french revoulution
The social cause was because of the French society was divided in to three estates.
economic cause was because the third estate had to pay all the taxes imposed by the king.
immediate cause was because Rumors spread that the king will order his troops to attack Paris and then 4000- 5000 people gathered and formed people's militia.http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_are_three_major_causes_of_the_French_Revolution -
War against Great Britian
Franced decleared the war to suport the American colonies.The subsequent war worsens the debt situation further.
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Bread March
The march began among women in the marketplaces of Paris who, on the morning of 5 October 1789, were near rioting over the high price and scarcity of bread.The market women and their various allies grew into a mob of thousands and, encouraged by revolutionary agitators.
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National Assembly
To deal with financial crisis, but promptly fell to squabbling over its own structure. Represent the estates of the realm: the First Estate (the clergy), the Second Estate (the nobility) and the Third Estate (which, in theory, represented all of the commoners and, in practice, represented the bourgeoisie).
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Tennis court oath
Pivotal event during the first days of the French Revolution.The Oath was a pledge signed by 576 of the 577 members from the Third Estate who were locked out of a meeting of the Estates-General.
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Attack On Bastille
The attack of the Bastille occurred in Paris, France on the morning of 14 July 1789. While the prison only contained seven inmates at the time of its storming, its fall was the flashpoint of the French Revolution.
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The Royal Escape
Their destination was the fortress at Montmédy in northeastern France, a Royalist stronghold from which the king hoped to start a military campaign which would restore his rule.They only made it to make it as far as the small town of Varennes.
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Guillotine
Guillotine was the device designed for carrying out executions by decapitation.The last person guillotined in France was Hamida Djandoubi, on 10 September 1977.
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D.R.M
Is a fundamental document of the French Revolution, defining the individual and collective rights of all the estates of the realm as universal.Influenced by the doctrine of "natural right", the rights of man are held to be universal: valid at all times and in every place, pertaining to human nature itself.
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Reign of terror
A period of violence that occurred after the onset of the French Revolution.The death toll ranged in the tens of thousands, with 16,594 executed by guillotine.
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Napoleon
He became the Emperor of france in 1804. Then soon after he had ore popularity he became the dictator.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napoleon
