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Estates General Meeting
On May 5th, 1789 the estates general proposed solutions to help solve the government's financial problems -
Day of Slaughter
Went on until June 1st -
Tennis Court Oath
The National Assembly made a promise to stay together and made a commitment to meet until a constitution for France was written. It was created on the King’s Tennis Courts -
The National Assembly meets to draft a constitution and make a promise to meet
At the king's tennis court -
Storming of the Bastille or The Fall of the Bastille
It was the starting point of the revolution and it occurred the morning of July 14th, 1789 -
National Assembly did away with aristocratic privileges
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The Declaration of the Rights of Man published by the National Assembly
The National Assembly created a foundation for the nation that consisted of basic liberties that mirrored the ideas of major philosophes of the French Enlightenment, also imposing the idea of equal rights for all -
France declared war on Austria
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Moderate is formed
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National Assembly renames itself to National Convention
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King Louis XVI is executed
He was imprisoned with his wife Marie and was guillotined -
National Convention declares war on Prussia, Austria, Spain, Holland, and England
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Reign of Terror
A time in France where Robespierre ruled and many people were being guillotined under his rule, he dominated the Committee of Public Safety until he was executed, which marked the beginning of the Thermidorian Reaction -
Commitee of Public Safety is established
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Marie Antoinette is tried and executed
She was hatred by many and was executed for treason -
Danton executed
Executed because he "seemed" against the revolution -
Robespierre is killed at the guillotine
He was arrested and executed without trial -
Thermidoran Reaction
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The Reign of Terror sentenced 20K-40K people to death
September 1793-July 1794 -
Churches are reopened
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Directory begins
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Convention is dissolved
The Convention dissolved itself on 26 October 1795 -
Coup d’etat
Made deals to keep the army -
French defeats Austrians and make peace
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Napoleon elects himself as emperor
He was emperor from 1804-1815
