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Louis XVI was the king of France during the French Revolution and was married to Queen Marie Antoinette. Louis XVI became king after his grandfather Louis XIV died. Louis XVI lead France into debt after financially supporting the Americacn Revolution.
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The Estates General consisted of three classes, the nobility, the clergy and the peasants. The Estates-General was called into meeting because of economic crisis's and food shortages in France.
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The National Essembly was formed by representatives of the Third Estate who were tired of being unfairly treated among the other estates. The Third Estate felt they had no power, or say in the discussions between the estates so they rebelled and formed they own body of government.
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The Tennis Court Oath was formed by the National Assembly who was locked out of the Estates-General meeting. Frustrated, they broke into an empty indoor tennis court and made an oath for a constitution for France or they'd never dissipate.
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On the morning of July 14, 1789, the peasants of the Third Estate marched to the Bastille with pichforks in an attempt to steal weapons and gunpowder. In the process, the people killed the guards and stuck their heads on sticks while marching through the streets.
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The Great Fear occurred at the start of the French Revolution which lasted briefly, but was a time of peasant riots, revolts, and strikes. The Great Fear was caused by a false rumor that feudal lords hired robbers to kill peasants, which ignited a flame in them and pushed peasants over edge. Peasants broke into manor houses and killed nobles, along with taking their properties as well.
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Loius XVI was forced out of Versailles during the Women's March on Versailles. The march began with woman who were rioting over the extinction of bread in France and the high prices of it. They grewly fastly into a mob of thousands, who forced the king of out Versailles the next morning.
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On the 20th of April, 1792 France's governing body declared war on Austria because of their Declaration of Pillnitz threatening France. The declaration was issued to tell French Revolutionaries to think twice about their actions.
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The National Convention, which consisted of members from all classes, was elected to provide a new constitution for France. The National Convention was elected after Louis XVI was overthrown.
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Louis XVI was excecuted on January 21st, 1793 by the guillotine after the people of France decided enough was enough. The people of France forced Louis XVI into imprisonment and eventually, death.
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The Reign of Terror was a time of mass violences that occurred after the French Revolution between the Jacobins and the Girondins. This period resulted in tens of thousands of deaths, many executed by the guillotine.
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The Thermidorian Reaction was a revolt within the French Revolution against the leadership of the Jacobins. It also resulted in the fall of Maximilien Robespierre.
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The French directory was the government of France during a stage of the French Revolution. It was a period of financial issues, in which France had dire problems regarding their money. The directory failed to improve financial issues or even stabilize it. It was eventually overthrown by Napoleon Bonaparte.
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Napoleon was a French military leader and emperor who conquered most of France during the 19th century. Napoleon rose vastly thought the ranks of the military during the French Revolution, and after seizing political power in France in 1799, he finally crowned himself emperor in 1809
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The French invasion on Russia, or known as the Patrotic War of 1812, began when Napoleon crossed the Nemen River with his army in an attempt to defeat the Russian army. Napoleon invaded Russia wil about 600,000 men and 50,000 horses with the plan to conclude the war in twenty days.
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At Waterloo in Belgium, Napoleon was defeated by the hands of the Duke of Wellington. This defeat ended Napoleon's rule as emporer of France.
