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Louis had no more money so he started to tax the nobles. However the second estate called for a meeting, the first in 175 years.
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People voted to proclaim the end of absolute monarchy and the begining of representative goverment.
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A mob sarching for gunpowder and arms stormed the Bastille, a Paris prison.
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Nobleman made grand speeches, declaring their love for liberty and equality.
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The National Assembly adopted a statement of revolutionary ideals, the declaration of the rights of man and of the citizen.
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Women inavde versailles and make the royal family return from versailles to Paris.
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The National Assembly took over the church's land and declared that priest should be elected and paid as state officials.
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Louis and his royal family tried to escape from France to the Austrian Netherlands.
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The National Assembly completed the new constitution, which Louis reluctantly approved. The constitution created a limited constitutional monarchy.
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As a result, some countries took action. Austria and prussia, for example, urged the French to restore Louis to his position as an absolute monarch. The Legislative Assembly responded by declaring war.
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The Legislative Assembly votes to abolish the monarchy and establish the First Republic. The measure came one year after King Louis XVI reluctantly approved a new constitution that stripped him of much of his power.
