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Meeting of representatives of the three estates
After bad harvests and costly wars, King Louis XVI is forced to convene the Estates General Assembly -
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National Assembly Government
Revolutionary government led by the third estate -
Tennis Court Oath
Resolves not to disband until a constitution is written -
Invasion of Bastille
Bastille stormed and taken by a Paris mob -
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The Great Fear
Peasants attack noble manors -
Jacobin Club
Nobel's in national Assembly renounce feudal rights -
Declaration of the Rights of man
Assembly issues with the D.R.O.M -
Transportation of King Louis XVI
King Louis brought from Versailles to Tuileries palace in Paris -
Fleeing of the King
King flees to Austria, is caught at Varennes -
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Legislative Assembly Government
Constitutional Government by elected officials -
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National Convention Goverment
Elected by universal male suffrage to rewrite constitution -
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The Directory Government