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Estates General Meeting
A meeting that hadn't met in 175 years but met to discuss Estates issues but the Third Estate ended up getting locked out -
National Assembly Formed
A group formed by the representatives of the third estates to better help represent the majority of france. -
Tennis Court Oath declared
An oath that the National Assembly takes to never stop meeting until they get a new constitution. -
Storming of the Bastille
A prison of that houses gun powder is stormed in by third estate people and broken down brick by brick -
Declaration of the Rights of Man Written
A declaration written by the National Assembly that seized power from the king that declared equal rights for all men and freedom of press. -
Legislative Assembly makes laws in France
The Legislative Assembly of France begins to pass laws that change the order of France -
Execution of King Louis XVI
King Louis XVI is killed through the Guillotine after a ruling deems him guilty -
Committee of Public Safety governs France
The Committee of Public Safety led mainly by Robespierre controls the safety of the revolution during its reign -
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The Reign of Terror
A period of time in which anyone who expressed slight opposition to the revolution was executed -
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Dechristinization
A period of time in which all symbols of Christianity were destroyed and a new calendar was created -
Execution of Maximilien Robespierre
When Robespierre, an important revolutionary leader was executed after he was deemed guilty and people thought he thought he was god -
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The Directory controls France
A period of time in which a temporary government was set up after the revolution that kept peace in France -
Napoleon signs Concordat with Catholic Church
A contract that reduced the power of the church in France -
Napoleon creates the Napoleonic Code
When Napoleon created a set of rules that opposed and supported revoutionary ideas. -
Napoleon crowns himself emperor of France
Napoleon crowns himself ruler of France as the emperor -
Napoleon dies after he is banished to island of St. Helena
Napoleon is forced to stay on this island and dies there
