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meeting the estates general
https://www.britannica.com/event/French-Revolution/Events-of-1789
The Estates-General met at Versailles on May 5, 1789. They were supported by many of the parish priests, who outnumbered the aristocratic upper clergy among the church’s deputies. The king grudgingly gave in and urged the nobles and the remaining clergy to join the assembly.https://cdn.britannica.com/44/130644-050-B4572E75/canvas-oil-Estates-General-Auguste-Couder-Palace-of-1839.jpg -
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ROYAL FLIGHT TO VARENNES
On the night of 20th June 1791, the royal family fled the Tuileries Palace dressed as servants with their servants dressed as nobles. However, the next day, the King was recognized, arrested along with his family at Varennes and returned to Paris. He was then provisionally suspended by the Assembly and held under guard. The King’s flight had a major impact on public opinion. -
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The Tennis Court Oath
https://alphahistory.com/frenchrevolution/ The French Revolution had almost everything we associate with revolutions. Some are ravenous royals, ambitious aristocrats, high taxes, failing harvests, food shortages, and much more.The political and social upheaval in 18th century France has been studied by millions of people from scholars on high to students in high school. The storming of the Bastille on July 14th 1789 has become one of the defining moments of Western history -
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Stroming of the Bastille
https://worldhistoryproject.org/1789/7/14/the-storming-of-the-bastille
The storming of the Bastille was brought about by a combination of circumstances that weakened popular respect for the authority of the Ancien Regime. The events that lead to the storming of the Bastille had began across the Atlantic Ocean as the Ancien Regime had spent a fortune in backing the American Revolution. Britain made peace with the new United States of America and her European allies, mainly -
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Abolition of Feudalism
Liberal nobles and clergy began the session of August 4 by renouncing their ancient feudal privileges. Within hours the Assembly was propelled into decreeing the abolition of feudalism as well as the church tithe. A few days later, to be sure, the Assembly clarified the August 4 decree to assure that “legitimate” seigneurial property rights were maintained.
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Declaration of the rights of man and of citizen
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Declaration-of-the-Rights-of-Man-and-of-the-Citizen
The basic principle of the Declaration was that all “men are born and remain free and equal in rights” which were specified as the rights of liberty, private property, the inviolability of the person, and resistance to oppression. All citizens were equal before the law and were to have the right to participate in legislation directly or indirectly, no one was to be arrested without a judicial order. -
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Women’s March on Versailles
https://www.thoughtco.com/womens-march-on-versailles-3529107
In May of 1789, the Estates-General began to consider reforms, and in July, the Bastille was stormed. A month later, in August, feudalism and many of the privileges of the nobility and royalty were abolished with the “Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen,” modeled on America’s Declaration of Independence and seen as a precursor to forming a new constitution. It was clear that major upheaval was underway in France. -
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Execution of Louis XVI
https://origins.osu.edu/milestones/january-2018-execution-louis-xvi?language_content_entity=en
He was strapped to a plank, guided through the guillotine’s “widow's window,” and was executed. The execution of the king by his people was a transformative moment in European politics.https://learnodo-newtonic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/A-copper-plate-engraving-depicting-the-Execution-of-Louis-XVI.webp -
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The reign of terror
The Reign of Terror, commonly The Terror was a period of the French Revolution when, following the creation of the First French Republic, a series of massacres and numerous public executions took place in response to revolutionary fervour, anticlerical sentiment, and accusations of treason by the Committee of Public Safety .https://www.britannica.com/event/Reign-of-Terror -
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COUP OF 18TH BRUMAIRE
The Coup of 18 Brumaire brought General Napoleon Bonaparte to power as First Consul of France and in the view of most historians ended the French Revolution. This bloodless coup d'état overthrew the Directory, replacing it with the French Consulate.This occurred on 9 November 1799.https://learnodo-newtonic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/General-Bonaparte-surrounded-by-members-of-the-Council-of-Five-Hundred-during-the-Coup-of-18-Brumaire.webphttps://www.britannica.com/event/Coup-of-18-19-Brumaire
