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First time the Estates General meets in approximately 175 years
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Mob storms the Tuileries palace and throws Marie Antoinette and her kids 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 executed by guillotine
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National convention writes a more restrictive constitution; only male property owners could vote
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Napolean faced off against a mob of royalists trying to regain power in Paris
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Robespierre and his supporters are executed;The Reign of Terror Ends
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Napolean takes control of the French government
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Napolean sells the Louisiana Territory in North America to the United States
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Napolean crowns himself emprorer of France after a plebiscite
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Napolean invades Spain and Portugal; the king of Spain goes to prison and the king of Portugal flees to Brazil
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Napolean defeated in Leipzig
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Congress of Vienna meets to redraw the map of Europe
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Napolean dies in exile
