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the royal treasure is empty, prelude to the revolution
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the Estates-General and the Constituent Assembly
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the Rise of the Political Clubs
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The unsuccessful flight of the Royal Family from Paris
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War and the overthrow of the monarchy
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Trial and Execution of Louis XVI
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The fury of the Terror, the Cult of the Supreme Being, and the Downfall of Robespierre
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The Directory Replaces the Convention
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Napoleon's campaign in Italy; Defeat of the royalists in the Vendée; a failed uprising in Paris
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Bonaparte chases the Austrians from Italy; a republican coup d'état against the royalists in Paris
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New republics in Switzerland and Italy; an election annulled; Bonaparte invades Egypt
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France at war against Europe; The Jacobins seize power; The Terror begins
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France at War in Italy and Germany; Bonaparte returns from Egypt; the Consulate seizes power; End of the Revolution