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French Revolution
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Meeting of the Estates General
The Estates-General of 1789 was the first meeting since 1614 of the French Estates-General, a general assembly representing the French estates: the nobility, the Church, and the common people. Summoned by King Louis XVI to propose solutions to his government's financial problems -
Declaration of the Rights of Man
a declarative French political document defining a set of individual rights and collective rights of all of the estates as one, brought on by the French Revolution. Influenced by the doctrine of natural rights, these rights are universal: they are supposed to be valid in all times and places, pertaining to human nature. -
The Committee of Public Safety is Created
political body of the French Revolution that gained virtual dictatorial control over France during the Reign of Terror.The new committee was to provide for the defense of the nation against its enemies, foreign and domestic, and to oversee the already existing organs of executive government -
The execution of King Louis XVI
One 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
