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Hierarchy
The French population was divided into three groups separated to keep the wealthy in power. -
The Estates General
Meet in Versailles. Third Estate is left out because the clergy and nobles team up against them. -
Tennis Court Oath
Signed by members of the Third Estate. -
Storming of the Bastille (French Revolution Begins)
A mob takes the Bastille in Paris. -
Declaration of the Rights of the Man and of the Citizen of 178
Set by France's National Constituent Assembly. -
Women's March
Thousands of starving women and peasants march on Versailles, forcing King Louis to return to Paris. -
September Massacres
1600 prisoners killed due to speculation that an uprising was planned. -
Execution of King Louis XVI
King of France publicly executed for treason.