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Louis the XIV Calls the Estates General
In July 1788 General Lomiene de Brienne asked the parliament of Paris to register the tax on property of all three Estate.The parliament refused and France entered a year of intense conflict between the royal government and the parliaments.On July 5 1788 Louis XIV gave in to the demands and issued meeting and calling the estate general to meet in May 1789. -
The Tennis Court Oath
The Third Estate was locked out of its meeting room as preparations were being made for a royal session of all three estates. Confused and angry the delegates met in the indoor tennis court and they had signed up a new and fair constitution for France. -
Parisians Storm the Bastille
The Parisians stormed the bastille in July 14 1789.This was the beginning of The French revolution King Louis XIV was overthrown and tens of thousands including the King and his wife Marie Antoinette were exucuted -
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Writing the declartion
The Declaration of rights of men was passed by Frances national Constituent assembly in august 1789 is a fundamental document of the French revolution and in the history of human and civil rights -
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Establishment of the New Constitution
The constitution of 1791,The French constitution created by the National Assembly during the French Revolution. The Constitution was accepted by King Louis XVI. Redefining the organization of the french government. -
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Execution of the King and Queen / Beginning of the Reign of Terror
The execution of Louis XVI took place on 21 January 1793. There was radical takeover of the government to create a republic. This was called Reign of Terror. It was controlled by the Committee of Public Safety. -
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Committee of Public Safety
The committee of Public Safety was by the National Convention and then restructured in July 1793. The committee of public safety has become a powerful symbol of the french revolution formed in April 1793. -
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The Great Terror and the Execution of Maximillien Robespierre
During the terror the committee of public safety Maximillien de Robespierre was the most prominent member controlled over the French government in the spring of 1794. During the Reign of Terror at least 300,000 suspects were arrested and 17,000 were officially executed. -
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The Directory
The Directory a Group of five men who held the execution power in France according to the constitution of the 1795of the french revolution. They were chosen by the new legislation by the council of five hundred. -
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Aftermath and Napoleon
In 1814, it seemed that 25 years of war in Europe was finally coming to an end with the surrender of the Emperor Napoleon and his banishment. However on March,1,1815 Napoleon escaped from Elba and landed in France.
