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Austria and Prussia issue a declaration warning against harming the French monarchs and hint that any such action would provoke war.
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King Louis XIVI tries tto tax the Second Estate but nobles refuse to pay
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King Louis XVI call for Estate general to meet the following spring after a rough winter.
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First time the Estate Generals meet in approimately 175 years.
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The French Revoluion begins.
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The Third Estate General themselves the National Assembly: National Assembly swears the Tennis Court Oath.
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The Storming of the Bastille
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National Assemembly adpots the Declatation of the Rights of Man of the Citizen.
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King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette flee Paris in digueses, but are caught.
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Mob storms Tuileries palace and thrown Marie Antoinette and her children in prison
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National Convention declares that France will be a republic and not a constitutional monarchy.
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King Louis XVI is executed by gullotine
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The Reign of Terror is unleashed by the Committiee of Public Saftey; Led by Maxmilien Robespierre
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Robespierre and his supporters are executed; Reign of Terror is over.
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Napoleon faced off against a mob of royalists trying to regain power in Paris.
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National Convention writes a more restrictive constitution; only male property owner could vote.
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Napoleon takes control of the French Government.
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The French Revolution ends
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Napoleon sells Louisiana Territory to North America to the United States
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Saint Domingue declares independence from France, names their ne nation Haiti.
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Napoleon crowns himself emperor of France after the plebiscite
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Napoleon invades Spain and Portugal; the king of Spain goes to prison and the king of Portugal flees to Brazil
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Napoleon attempts to invade and take over Russia, is forced to leave Moscow
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Napoleon attempts to take over Russia
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Napoleon defeated in Leipzig