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King Louis XVI is forced to convene the Estates General assembly
After bad harvests and costly wars king louis had to do a estates General assembly -
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National Assembly government
Revolutionary government led by the Third Estate -
Tennis Court Oath
resolves not to disband until it has written a constitution. -
Bastille taken
stormed and taken by a Paris mob. -
Jacobin club formed
Nobles in National Assembly renounce feudal rights -
Declaration of the Rights of Man created
Assembly issues Declaration of the Rights of Man. -
King Louis brought to Tuileries
King Louis brought from Versailles to Tuileries palace in Paris. -
King Louis flees
King flees to Austria, is caught at Varennes. -
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Legislative Assembly government
Constitutional Government by elected officials -
Paris mob storms royal palace
Legislative Assembly government collapse. Minister of Justice Danton purges thousands of presumed traitors -
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National Convention government
elected by universal male suffrage to rewrite constitution -
National Convention
abolishes monarchy and declares France a republic. -
Revolutionary calendar introduced
New calendar that contains new days weeks -
National Convention condemns and executes the King.
After the king attempted to escape the citizens where angered to know there king was abandoning them -
Counter-revolutionary begins in vendee
Counter-revolutionary revolt in the Vendee region begins -
Reign of Terror
The committee of public safety starts the reign of terror