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Convene the Estates Gene Assembly
the government meets in order to raise taxes because of the bad harvest -
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National Assembly Government
Revolutionary government led by the third estate -
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King flees Austria
king flees to Austria, is caught at Varennes -
Tennis Court Oath
the tennis court stated to not break up until it has a written Constitution -
Bastille
a Paris mob took Bastille in a angry passion -
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Great Fear
Pheasant attack noble manners -
National Assembly
noble rights renounced feudal rights -
Rights of Man
issued Declaration of rights of man -
Brought from Versailles
king Louis brought from Versailles to tuileries palace in Paris -
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Legislative Assembly Government
Constitutional government by elected officials -
Paris mob
Paris mob storms in the royal palace; legislative Assembly government collapse. Minister kills thousands of presumed traitors -
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National Convention Government
Elected by universal male suffrage to rewrite the constitution -
National Convection
National Convention abolishes monarchy and declares France a republic -
Day One of New Revolutionay Calendar
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Convention Commands
national convention commands and executes the king -
Counter Revolutionary Revolt
Counter revolutionary revolt in the vendee region begins -
Price Controls
Price controls put into place by the government, dechristianization, administrative reform. -
Region of Terror
Region of Terror by Committee of Public Safety begins -
Thermidor
In the month of Thermidor, Robespierre is executed; Region of Terror ends -
Churches
Churched reopened -
Adopted Constitution
New Constitution is adopted, forming a new government called the Directory. -
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The Director Government
A new constitution has two houses: counsel of ancients and counsel of 500 -
Government Takeover
Government takeover removes royalist from the directory -
Neopolitan's Government Takeover
Neopolitan's government takeover abolishes directory and establishes consulate government; end of French Revolution