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Before the revolution, the king was an absolute monarch, and the people suffered
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The Storming of the Bastille was the first major event of the revolution.
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The Declaration of the Rights of Man is written outlining the ideas of the French revolutionaries.
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The Monarchique (who wanted the king in power), the Girondists (the moderates), and the Jacobins (the radicals) argued over the future of the king.
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The Royals, scared of the French people, try to flee to the Holy Roman Empire
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King Louis XVI is finally executed by the French people
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After leading many people to their deaths during the Reign of Terror, Maximilien de Robespierre is granted the same fate.
