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National Assembly broke into an indoor tennis court and pledged to write a new constitution.
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an angry mob stormed a French prison to get gunpowder for their weapons in order to defend the city. the official start of the French revolution.
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the national assembly drafted a human civil rights document, changing French society and government.
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The leader of the Reign of Terror gets killed by his own devices of policy.
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Maximilien Robespierre led the national convention and the committee of Public Safety. Laws were passed that said anyone suspected of treason could be arrested and executed. thousands of people were killed.
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The last queen of France prior to the French revolution
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end of the absolute monarchy of Louis XVI