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Estates General meets
Louis XVI called the first meeting of the Estates general in 175 years -
National Assembly is formed
revolutionary assembly formed by representatives of third estate -
Citizens storm the Bastille
Parisian revolutions and mutinous troops storm and dismantle the Bastille. -
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Great feat sweeps France
Aka: la Grande Peur, a general panic -
Citizens attack Paris prisons
Massacres were a wave of killings in Paris -
Paris mob invades Tuileries palace
laid siege to another royalist symbol -
Third Constitution is Adopted
approved by plebiscite -
Napoleon becomes First Consul
he orchestrated a coup -
Concordat with Catholic Church
An agreement reached, defining the status of the Roman Catholic Church. -
Napoleon named consul for life
constitutional amendment made Napoleon first consul for life -
Napoleonic Code adopted
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Napoleon becomes emperor
The French senate and was crowned emperor -
Napoleon Dies
Napoleo dies -
France becomes a Republic
lasted until the declaration of the first French empire