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First meeting of the Estates-General
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STAGE I
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Third Estate votes to create a National Assembly
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The Tennis Court Oath
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The Storming of the Bastille
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STAGE II
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The Great Fear
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National Assembly abolishes seigneurial rights, fiscal priviledges of nobles, clergy, towns, and provinces
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Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen
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Women's March on Versailles
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The Adoption of a new Constitution
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Struggle between Girondins and Mountain
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Reign of Terror
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Paris Commune revolts
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Declaration of the Republic
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STAGE III
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Louis XVI executed
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Founding of the Committee of Public Safety
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Robespierre Executed
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STAGE IV
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Thermidorian Reaction
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Constitution of 1795
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The Directory
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Coup d'etat wherein Napoleon Bonaparte seizes power