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General States
The king called the General States in Versailles , where each one of the states presented its problems in the List of Grievances , where the third state demande the individual vote. -
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The French Revolution
It was the period in which the Old Regime was defeated and a new government ruled by the third state was created. The cause of the revolution were the social unrest , the economy and the Enlightenment. -
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National Assembly
It was a meeting in the Tennis Court Oath ( Versailles ) were the thir state met to create a constitution. -
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National Constituent Assembly
This was a third state´s meeting in which the main objective was to defeat absolutism. In this assembly , feudal rights were abolished and the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen was created. -
Storming of the Bastille
The third state took control of the jail , called the Bastille , what was an absolutism symbol. -
Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen
It was a declaration in which rights like liberty , equality and the right of property were established. -
Constitution of 1791
This constitution contains the separation of powers and the census suffrage. -
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Legislative Assembly
This period was a fail , because it lasted for less than a year.There was a lot of opposition . Internal opposition , by the higher classes, and external opposition , by Austria and Prussia. Sans Culottes also showed that they did not wanted that government , because they demanded more reforms. -
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Girondin Convention
In this period , the death of Louis XVI , the first republic or the wars between Austria and Prussia happened. France was governed by two radical groups in this period , Jacobins ( moderate group ) and Girondins ( radical group ). -
Proclamation of the Republic
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First French Republic
In this republic , events like Louis XVI and Robespierre´s death ,the Girondin and Jacobin conventions , the new constitution or the Napoleon´s coup happened in this period. -
Sans Culottes´Coup
This was a coup in which Robespierre got the three powers and established a dictatorship. -
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Jacobin Convention
This period was marked by Robespierre´s dictatorship , in which more than 50 thousand people were killed by the guillotine. A new constitution was created and a new calendar was established , the agricultural calendar. -
Louis XVI´s Death
Louis XVI was killed in the Revolution Square , Paris. -
Second Constitution
The male universal suffrage was established. -
Robespierre´s Death
Robespierre and his followers were executed by guillotine. -
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Directory
It was a moderate period marked for the creation of a new constitution , for radicalism and the Conspiracy of the Equals , for royalist and for the French victories in wars. -
Third Constitution
Census suffrage, and the separation of powers were established. The executive power was ruled by the Directory and the legislative power was ruled by the Assembly. -
Napoleon´s Coup and the End of the French Revolution
Napoleon established a dictatorship called the Napoleonic Empire and ending with the French Revolution.
