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Ancien Regime
The political and social system in France before the Revolution of 1789. -
Meeting of the Estates General
The Estates-General of 1789 was the first meeting since 1614 of the French Estates-General, a general assembly representing the French estates of the realm: the clergy (First Estate), the nobles (Second Estate), and the common people (Third Estate). -
National Assembly
During the French Revolution, the National Assembly, which existed from June 13, 1789 to July 9, 1789, was a revolutionary assembly formed by the representatives of the Third Estate (the common people) of the Estates-General; thereafter (until replaced by the Legislative Assembly on September. -
Tennis Court Oath
the third estate formed a new constitution in a tennis court -
Fall of Bastille
the third estate stormed the bastille prison to get guns and gunpowder -
Great Fear
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Start of Legislative Assembly
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Louis XIV's death
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Reign of Terror
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Napoleon becomes leader or the French Army
