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People of Paris stormed the Bastille because Louis XVI dismissed the bourgeois who had an only minister in the government. Another reason was that the King sent armies to the meetings of the Assembly to watch them.
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In August 1789, the National Assembly adopted the Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen French, a document which sets out the rights and freedoms espoused by the Enlightenment.
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The Law on the Civil Constitution of the Clergy voted on July 12, 1790 by the Constituent Assembly, was called to replace the Concordat of 1516.
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It was approved in 1791 by the Constituent Assembly. It is the first French Constitution and also in Europe. Defend the Enlightenment ideas, such as national sovereignty and separation of powers into executive, legislative and judicial.
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Louis XVI, before the Revolution, took two different positions: the official one, which is to accept the changes that are happening in the country and the actual position, which is that the King rejects the Revolution and defends the absolute monarchy.
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When falls the monarchy of Louis XVI established the First Republic. This is characterized by the radicalization of the Revolution and the creation of the Convention, which replaces the Assembly is elected by universal suffrage and has the legislative and the executive. Has part of this power because your competition appoint and dismiss committees forming the Government.
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Since 1792, France will be embroiled in a war against the other European countries. It would be a war of the French Revolution against European absolutism. As the King guillotined in 1793, European kings unite against France. From 1792 to 1794, the war is not favorable to France, as it is reorganizing his army.
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It consists of three people with the executive. The First Consul, who has more power, is Napoleon. In 1802, Napoleon was appointed consul for life and assumed the power of the other two consuls.
