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Radical Phase
Escalating violence led to the end of the monarchy and started the Reign of Terror -
Tennis Court Oath
National Assembly resolves to not disband without a written constitution -
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National Assembly
3rd estate declares itself the "Assembly of the Nation" -
Bastille is stormed
Over 800 Parisians take over the Bastille, killing the commander and 5 guards -
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Great Fear
Peasants attack noble manors -
Feudalism is renounced
Nobles in the National Assembly renounce feudal rights -
Declaration of the Rights of Man
National Assembly issues Declaration of the Rights of Man -
King Louis is executed
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Reign of Terror
Suspected enemies of the revolution were sent to the guillotine by the thousands -
Law of Suspects
National Convention adopts a new Law of Suspects, permitting the arrest and rapid trial of anyone suspected of opposing the Revolution -
Marie-Antoinette is executed
Marie-Antoinette is convicted and guillotined on the Place de la Revolution. -
Reign of Terror ends
Robespierre, the leader of the Committee of Public Safety, is executed. His death marked the beginning of the Thermidorian Reaction, a moderate phase in which the French people revolted against the Reign of Terror’s excesses -
Inmates Released
Inmates of Paris prisons arrested under the Law of Suspects are released -
France gains a bicameral legislature
The National Convention approved a new constitution that created France’s first bicameral legislature -
French Revolution Ends
French Revolution ends with Napoleon Bonaparte taking full control of the government