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Reveillon Riots
caused by low wages and food shortages, led to about 25 deaths by troops. -
Estates-General
Convoked for the first time since 1614 -
The Third Estate begins to meet on its own
They are the majority of the population but get little say -
National Guard
The national Gaurd was formed in Paris,made of middle classmen -
Fall of the Bastille
People stormed the fortress for ammunition and supplies. -
The beginning of the Great Fear
the peasantry revolt against feudalism and a number of urban disturbances and revolts. -
The Assembly adopts
The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen -
The National Assembly grants suspensive veto to Louis XVI
Louis fails to ratify the August acts of the National Assembly. -
Period: to
Outbreak of the Paris mob
Outbreak of the Paris mob and the Women's March on Versailles -
Louis XVI agrees to ratify the August Decrees
Palace of Versailles stormed.Louis and the National Assembly move to Paris. -
Pope Pius
Pope Pius condemns the Declaration of the Rights of Man in secret consistory. -
Nobility abolished
by the National Assembly. -
The parlements are abolished
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Period: to
Royal family's flight to Varennes
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Citizen Louis Capet guillotined
formerly known as Louis XVI. -
Start of Reign of Terror.
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Marie Antoinette guillotined.
