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Louis XVI & Marie Antoinette assume the throne of France.
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Crisis
Agricultural, commercial, financial and social crisis. Caused by royal expenses and aid to the United States, among others. And bourgeois claim of rights. Louis XVI summoned the States General. -
The States General gather at the Palace of Versailles.
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Ball Game Oath
The national assembly vowed not to secede until it gave France a constitution. -
Storming of the Bastille
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Separation of members of the third estate
The nobility and the clergy reject the proposal to vote by state and the petition for the vote by head. -
Proclamation of the "Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen".
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The law of the "Civil Constitution of the Clergy" is promulgated.
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Royal family fleeing
The royal family tries to flee the country to obtain support from Austria but is discovered and captured. -
New Constitution
Promulgated by the National Constituent Assembly and accepted by Louis XVI. It contained the reform of the French State, leaving France as a constitutional monarchy. -
WAR
Austria and Prussia declare war on France. -
Assault on the Tuileries Palace
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First French Republic
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Roberspierre staged a coup d'état
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Louis XVI executed
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TERROR
Brutal repression in the form of state terrorism, with M. Robespierre as the main protagonist. During the Terreur, between thirty-five and forty thousand civilians were executed, most of them by guillotine. -
Marie-Antoinette executed
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Robespierre and his followers guillotined.
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The Directory
The upper house appointed five directors to the executive committee -
Napoleon takes power
Coup d'état by Napoleon Bonaparte. The Directory falls and the Consulate is established.
