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calling of the estates general
also marked the start of the French Revolution. -
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tennis court oath
dramatic act of defiance by representatives of the nonprivileged classes of the French nation the Third Estate -
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Attack on the bastille
When the prison was attacked it actually held only seven prisoners, but the mob had not gathered for them: it had come to demand the huge ammunition stores held within the prison walls. -
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formation of the national assembly
was a revolutionary assembly formed by the representatives of the Third Estate of the Estates-General -
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execution of louis xvi
Louis was condemned to death by 380 votes to 310 -
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national convention is formed
was a parliament of the French Revolution, following the two-year National Constituent Assembly and the one-year Legislative Assembly -
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reign of terror
commonly called The Terror, was a period of the French Revolution when, following the creation of the First Republic -
Marie Antoinette
Marie Antoinette was the last queen of France before the French Revolution -
Olympe de gouges
She was a French playwright and political activist whose writings on women's rights and abolitionism reached a large audience in various countries. -
Georges Danton
a leading figure in the early stages of the French Revolution, -
Maximilien Robespierre
he was a French lawyer and statesman who was one of the best-known and most influential figures of the French Revolution -
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the Directory is formed
the end of the National Convention and the excesses of the Reign of Terror and the Committee of Public Safety -
Jacques Necker
was a Genevan banker and statesman who served as finance minister for Louis XVI. -
marquis de Lafayette
He was a French aristocrat and military officer who fought in the American Revolutionary War, -
Emmanuel-joseph Sieyes
he was known as the Abbé Sieyès, was a French Roman Catholic Abbé,