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Estates-General was held
The Estates-General was the first meeting of the three estates: the clergy (First Estate), the nobles (Second Estate), and the common people (Third Estate); which was called by Louis XVI in Versailles to discuss and approve a new tax plan.
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Storming of Bastille
Angry mob stormed the Bastille in Paris, which was a prision and a symbol of the abuses of the monarchy. People paraded around the street with the dead men’s heads on pikes, and it was a symbolic act of revolution.
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Collapse of the Old Regime
Nobleman joined the National Assembly by making grand speeches, motivated by fear of the Great Fear, declaring their love of liberty and equality. They gave up their privileges as First and Second Estates, and the Old Regime collapsed. (http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSafWa9ILrB1omh0bDQzJS8HGr6IBqroJnTgENgoWGLVh_jaDg-) -
Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen
The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen was passed by France's National Constituent Assembly in August 1789. It is a fundamental document of the French Revolution including liberty, property, security, and resistance to oppression.
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Women's March on Versailles
Parisians, led by a large number of women, marched upon Versailles and forced the royal family to go back to Paris, and demanded National Assembly to provide bread for them.
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Royal Family Attempted to Flee
Louis XVI and his family attempted to flee from France due to Louis's fear as a monarch. However, they escaped only as far as the small town of Varennes, where they were arrested after being recognized.
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French Constitution of 1791
National Assembly completed a new constitution which Louis reluctantly approved. It created a limited constitutional monarchy with new legislative body called Legislative Assembly.
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Legislative Assembly Declared War on Austria and Prussia
Austria and Prussia urged French to restore Louis as absolute monarchy because they were worried that revolts might break out in their country influenced by France. In response, Legislative Assembly declared war on April 1792.
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Abolishment of Monarchy and Declaration of Republic
Under the pressure from the radicals, Legislative Assembly declared the king deposed, dissolved the assembly, and called for the election of a new legislature, National Convention. Soon it abolished monarchy and declared France a republic.
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Execution of Louis XVI
After being convicted of conspiracy with foreign powers and sentenced to death by the National Convention, King Louis XVI was executed with guillotine in the Place de la Revolution in Paris.
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National Convention Recruited Army for War Against Autria and Prussia
In 1793, Great Britain, Holland, and Spain joined Autria and Prussia in the war against France. In response, National Convention orderd army of 300,000 French citizens, and the number of the army grown to 800,000 by 1794.
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Start of the Reign of Terror
In July 1793, a Jacobin leader, Maximilien Robespierre became the leader of Committee of Public Safety, and for the next year, he governed France as a dictator; the period of his rule became known as Reign of Terror because he executed many people that were opposed to the revolution, including Danton and Marie Antoinette.
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End of the Reign of Terror
Members of National Convention demanded arrest and execution of Rebespierre. Rebespierre was executed by guillotine on July 28, 1794, and the Reign of Terror ended with his death.
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Period of Order in France
During 1795, moderate leaders in National Convention drafted new plan of government which was letting the upper middle class to take the power, and calling for a two-house legislative and executive body of five men. This new plan of government gave France a period of order.
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