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It was written partly as a response to the fear Hobbes experienced during the political turmoil of the English Civil Wars.
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In 1624 the king entrusted Jacques Lemercier with the construction of a château on the site.
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The Revolutionary War waged by the American colonies against Britain influenced political ideas and revolutions around the globe
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It was a revolutionary assembly formed by the representatives of the Third Estate of the Estates-General; thereafter it was known as the National Constituent Assembly.
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It was a pledge that was signed in the early days of the French Revolution and was an important revolutionary act
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This violent attack on the government by the people of France signaled the start of the French Revolution.
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It was the first written constitution in France, created after the collapse of the absolute monarchy of the Ancien Régime.
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It is a 1793 painting by Jacques-Louis David of the murdered French revolutionary leader Jean-Paul Marat.
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The Reign of Terror began on September 5, 1793 with a declaration by Robespierre that Terror would be "the order of the day.
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The two committees decided to arrest Danton and Desmoulins, Marie-Jean Hérault de Séchelles, Pierre Philippeaux, without the chance to be heard in the Convention.