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Estates-General
A meeting of the Estates-General is called by Louis XVI in Versailles to discuss and approve a new tax plan. -
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French Revolution
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The Storming of the Bastille
The medieval fortress and prison in Paris known as the Bastille represented royal authority in the centre of Paris. -
Declaration of the Rights of Man.
The Declaration of the rights of Man and of the Citizen, passed by France's National Constituent Assembly. -
Louis XVI
Louis XVI and his family are arrested while trying to flee from France. -
The French Constitution
It was an important result of the French Revolution and adopted the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen as its introduction. -
Attack on the Tuileries Palace
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Louis XVI
Louis XVI is sentenced to the guillotine. -
The Laws of Suspects
Was a decree passed by the Committee of Public Safety. -
Marie Antoinette
Marie-Antoinette tried and executed. -
The Terror Peaks
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The Martyrs of Compiègne
They were guillotined on 17 July 1794, during the Reign of Terror and buried in a mass grave at Picpus Cemetery. -
Napoleon
Napoleon's "Whiff of Grapeshot" save the Directory from a royalist mob. -
The National Convention
Was a single-chamber assembly in France.
