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Great Fear Sweeps France
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Estates General meets
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National Assembly is formed
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Citizens storm the Bastille
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Declaration of The Rights of Man Issued
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Poor women of Paris march on Versailles
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Royal family confined to Tuileries
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French Revolution
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Period: to
Moderate Phase
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Civil Constitution of the Clergy is adopted
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Napoleon leads invasion of Egypt
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3rd Constitution is Adopted
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Constitution creates limited monarchy
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Royal family attempts to flee France
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Paris mob invades Tuileries palace
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Citizens attack Paris prisions
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France becomes a Republic
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Louis XVI is beheaded
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Radical Phase
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Marie Antoinette is beheaded
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Committee of Public Safety is created
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Reign of Terror
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Robespierre is beheaded
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Reaction Phase
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Directory takes power
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Napoleon becomes First Consul
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Age of Napoleon
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Concordat with Catholic Church
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Napoleon named Consul for life
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Napoleon becomes Emperor
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Napoleonic Code is adopted
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Battle of Austerlitz
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Battle of Trafalgar
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Napoleons army invades Spain
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Napoleon invades, Russia retreats
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Napoleon abdicates, Louis XVIII takes the throne
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Napoleon returns from Elba exile
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Battle of Waterloo
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Napoleon is sent into exile at St. Helena
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Napoleon dies