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Convocation of the Estates General
The meeting of the 3 estates of France to deal with fiscal crisis. -
Women's March
Women's attempt to force the royal court and family to move from the traditional seat of government in Versailles to Paris -
Creation of the National Assembly of France
The first revolutionary government of the French Revolution -
Tennis Court Oath
The deputies of the Third Estate took an oath never to separate until a written constitution had been established for France. -
Fall of the Bastille
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Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen
National Assembly declare this -
Flight to Varennes
Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette tried to escape to Varennes, but were captured and brought back to Paris -
Declaration of Pillnitz
Austria and Prussia (with the support of the Roman Empire) ready to intervene in French affairs, but Britain remains neutral. -
Louis XVI formally accepts constitution
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'War of the First Coalition' begins
The wars that several European powers fought between 1792 and 1797 against the French First Republic -
Brunswick Manifesto
The Brunswick Manifesto threatened that if the French royal family were harmed, then French civilians would be harmed. -
Year I of the First Republic proclaimed
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National Assembly storms the Tuileries and imprision the Royals
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Revolutionary government declares war on Britian and the Dutch Republic
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Abolition of slavery in all French colonies
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War between Great Britain and Spain
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Louis XVI tried and beheaded
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Citizen Genêt Affair
The experienced French diplomat dispatched to the United States -
Committee of Public Safety/Start of the Reign of Terror
the Committee was given broad supervisory powers over military, judicial and legislative efforts. 16000 people are gullotined and Maximilien Robespierre is leader -
Marie Antoinette is executed
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Foreigners residing in France were arrested
Once the Terror ended in late July of 1794, the arrests ended, and Paine, who had been scheduled to be executed, was released. -
Jacobin Club closed
Maximilien is guillotined -
French citizens had settled in American cities and remained politically active
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Quasi-War and Alien and Sedition Acts
Curb political dissent and limit the political participation of immigrants -
French fleet destroyed in Battle of the Nile
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French power eliminated in Italy (Winter and Spring)
between 1798 and 1799 -
Directory resigns
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Napoleon's Coup of 18 Brumaire. Napoleon proclaimed First Consul. .
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Thomas Jefferson wins election against John Adams