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Higher Taxes
Lower classes are forced to work harder and pay more taxes -
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Helping the Americans
The french aided the patriots in the revolutionary war causing them to go deep into debt -
No taxes
The upper class refused to pay taxes to solve the debt. -
Harvest fails
The harvest failed and it was a very hard winter, causing more debt -
Meeting
The first second and third estates met to come up with a tax plan -
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Drafting a Constitution
The National Assembly appoints a committee of thirty members to draft a constitution. Electors of Paris form a standing committee and a citizens militia -
Bastille
The storming and fall of the Bastille -
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The Great Fear
The "Great Fear" begins. Peasants rob and burn some mansions of the rich and burn records of money owned. -
The Declaration of the Rights of Man
The Declaration of the Rights of Man was issued by the National Assembly. -
The Civil Constitution of the Clergy
The Civil Constitution of the Clergy was passed and in 1791, the Constitution of 1791 was adopted. -
Call to war
Called all men to war -
New Constitution
A new Constitution was adopted and it took effect after a reactionary rising in Vendemiare was suppressed by General Napoleon Bonaparte. -
Parliament is purged
The parliament is purged ruthlessly. Many deputies were labeled as royalists and sent to the penal colony of French Guinea. -
End of revolution
The fall of directory signals end of revolution -
Robespierre arrested
Robespierre was arrested with his men and beheaded.