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A meeting of the Estates-General
A meeting called by Louis XVI in Versailles to discuss and approve a new tax plan. -
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important dates in the french revolution
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Storming of the Bastille
A state prison on the east side of Paris was attacked by an angry and aggressive mob -
Declaration of the Rights of Man
A fundamental document of the French Revolution and in the history of human and civil rights. -
Flight to barebones
A significant episode in the French Revolution in which King Louis XVI and queen attempted unsuccessfully to escape from Paris