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Meeting of the Estates General
King Louis XVI called a meeting because the French government was having fininal problems. -
Storming of the Bastille
A state prison on the east side of Paris was attacked by a angry and aggresive mob. -
Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen
It was sent by France's National Constitutient Assembly. It's a document of human civil rights. -
Women's March on Versailles
A crowd of women demanding for bread for their families. -
France Declares War on Austria
The people wanted war because they thought war would unify their country and decided to spread the ideas of the revolution to all of Europe. -
The Execution of King Louis
the day after being convicted of conspiracy with foreign powers and sentenced to death by the French National Convention, King Louis XVI is executed by guillotine -
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Reign of Terror
Period of violence that occured after the onset of the French Revolution. -
Execution of Marie Antoinette
It was a two-day trial, She was was convicted by the Revolutionary Tribunal of high treason -
Execution of Robespierre
He associated with the French Revolution and the Reign of Terror. And he was guillotined without trial. -
Napoleon's Coup d'etat
The coup of 18 Brumaire brought General Napoleon Bonaparte to power as First Consul of France, and, in the view of most historians, ended the French Revolution
