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Food Shortages
This was the lack of food throughout France. It caused women to march to the Kings palace in a riot called the "bread march." http://www.ehow.com/about_4572244_food-shortages-french-revolution.html -
American Influence
The French helping the Americans in their revolt influenced the French to revolt.
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Estate Generals Meet At Versailles
They were immediately divided over a fundamental issue: should they vote by head, giving the advantage to the Third Estate, or by estate, in which case the two privileged orders of the realm might outvote the third? On June 17 the bitter struggle over this legal issue finally drove the deputies of the Third Estate to declare themselves the National Assembly.
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National Assembly
The National Assembly was the joint name of the two houses of parliament. During 4th republic new name of lower houses. http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/404373/National-Assembly -
Tennis Court Oath
The deputies of the third estate, commoners and lower clergy meet on an indoor tennis court known as the Jeu de Paume promise to meet everyday until the king agreeed to their say.http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/third-estate-makes-tennis-court-oath -
The Great Fear
The great fear occured when the peasants were most panic stricken. The gathering of troops around Paris feared the people and caused fear throughout the city.
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Bastille Day
A group of craftsmen and salesmen that gathered in the morning and stole weapons from the Bastille. The crowds were not big enough to impress the guards.
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D.R.M
The D.R.M was a document which gave all man rights. No body nor individual may exercise any authority which does not proceed directly from the nation. http://avalon.law.yale.edu/18th_century/rightsof.asp -
The New Regime
The new regime established civil equality among men. Made more than half the adult male population eligible to vote.
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The Bread March
It was a thousand women marching from Paris to Versailles armed with weapons to get the king to sign the D.R.M and lower bread costs. Slaughtered the guards and put their heads on pikes.
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The Royal Escape
In June of 1791, King Louis XVI, fearing for the lives of himself and his family, attempted to escape into Austria. Marie Antoinette’s brother was the emperor of Austria. They hoped that once in Austria they would be safe. They were then cought and shipped back to Paris and had to accept all punishments.
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The Counterrevolution
The events in France gave new hope to the revolutionaries who had been defeated a few years before in the United Provinces. All those who wanted changes in England, Ireland, the German states, the Austrian lands, or Italy looked upon the Revolution with sympathy.
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Regicide
A number of french nobles, ecclesiastics, and some bourgeois abandoned the struggle of their own country and immigrated. Mny formed armed groups towards the northeastern frontier of France to help rulers of Europe.
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Death Of King Louis XVI
In August 1792, the royal couple was arrested by the sans-cullottes and imprisoned. The next January, Louis was convicted and condemned to death by a narrow majority.
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Reign Of Terror
In the middle of a civil and foreign war the government decides to make "terror" and to take harsh measures against those suspected of being enemies of the Revolution.
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Results Of The French Revolution
The ending of the French Revolution resulted in the government to change into a democracy. Food was no longer scarce and places were no longer at war with each other.
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