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Meeting of the Estates General
The meeting consisted of all three estates. This meeting previously had not met since 1614 and was called on for the financial problems. -
Storming of the Bastille
An angry mob attacked the prison Bastille. -
Women’s March on Versailles
This event happened in the markets of Paris over the prices of food from the citys armory and confronted King Louis XVI -
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France Declares War on Austria
Under command of Napolean Bonaparte the French defeats Austria which spans for almost ten years. -
The Execution of King Louis
King Louis XVI is killed and it was the end of Frances monarchy -
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Reign of Terror
Sep 5, 1793 – Jul 28, 1794
The Reign of Terror started with the exacution of King Louis XVI and ended with the exicution of Maximilien Robespierre -
Execution of Marie Antoinette
The execution of Marie Antoinette was very ironic in the revolution her and her husband were killed by the same device many other people in France died by. -
Execution of Robespierre
The end of the Reign of Terror -
Napoleon’s Coup d'etat
Was the first consul of France that historians claim that ended the French Revolution