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Louis XIV calls the estates general
When Louis calls the estate the estates create notebooks listing their grievences to be met and fixed. The third estate wasnt really represented because no one payed any mind to their requests -
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Divided French Society/Financial Troubles
third estatePeople of the third estate were going hungry and didnt have enough money because harvests were bad and previous wars drained France's money. The first and second estates didnt have to pay taxes and were much richer than people in the third class -
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Rights of man, women's march,church,constitution
The national phase of the national assembly turned france into a constitutional monarchy -
Parstinians strom the Bastille
The people stormed the bastille that was a symbol of tourture to show that they were finished with all the crap. The invasion was a success and that day has been known since then as their national independence day -
Threats from abroad
the king of Prussia and the emperor of Austria issued the Declaration of pinitz. The declaration may have been mostly a bluff but revolutionists in France took the threat seriously and prepaired for war -
Radicals take over
The King of prussia and the emperor of Austria issued the Declaration of Pliitz. the declaration may have been mostly a bluff but revolutionists in France took the threat seriously and prepaired for war -
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Rights of man
A radical phase of escalating violence led to the end of the monarchy and reign of terror -
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Radicals take over
fighting
the fighting lasted from the revolution -
Tensions lead to violence
a crowd of parisians storm the royal palace of the Tuilerus and slaughtered the kings guards. the royal family fled to the legislative assembly escaping before the mod arrived -
Monarchy is abolished
The convention voted to abolish the monarchy and establish a republic -
Robespierre and the reign of terror
danger threatned France on all sides. The country was at war with much of Europe including Britan, the netherlands, spain, and Prussia -
Monarchy is abolished
Louis XIV was executed -
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Robes pierre and the reign of terror
Robespierre was one of the archetects of the reign of terror -
Robespeierre and the reign of terror
In a speech Robespierre explained why the terror was necessary to schieve goals of the revolution -
robespierre and the reign of terror
Robespierre was arrested, The next day he was exacuted -
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Reign of man
a period of napoleon consolidated many revolutionary changes -
Reign of man
Nobles agreed to give up their old manorial dues, exclusive hunting rights special legal states and exemption from taxes -
Reign of man
six thousand woman marched 13 miles in the pouring rain from paris to versallies and brought back Louis XIV, marle Antoinette and their son
