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Debt from the American Revolution
Since the French Government funded the American Revolutionary War, it became heavily in debt and near bankruptcy.
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The French Government calls in the Estates-General
The French controller general of finances, Charles-Alexandre de Calonne, calls in the Estates-General to manage the budget deficit within the country.
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Bad harvest
There was bad harvest so the price of bread skyrockets and plenty of people in the Third Estate were starving.
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The National Constituent Assembly is formed
The Third Estate of France forms the National Assembly which was the parliament of the French Revolution governed by the deputies of the Third Estate.
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The Tennis Court Oath
The deputies of the 3rd Estate had created an oath never to separate from the National Assembly, called the Tennis Court Oath, unless France has a new written constitution.
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Storming of the Bastille
The Third Estate storm the Bastille due to a rumor that the King was planning a military coup against the National Assembly.
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The Great Fear
There were rumors that the feudal aristocracy were hiring mercenaries to attack peasants and pillage their land.
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Night Session of August 4, 1789
On the night of August 4, 1789, The National Assembly of France abolished Feudalism across France and made all Frenchmen subject to the same laws and same taxes and eligible for the same offices.
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The Declaration of the Rights of Man is written
Members of the National Assembly wrote the Declaration of the Rights of Man guaranteeing all men have liberty, the right to property, and resistance to oppression.
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The Women's march
Many Parisian women marched and stormed the Palace of Versailles due to them heavily starving of bread while the French Monarchs had plenty of bread.
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The October Days
King Louis XVI was thought to be surrounded by evil advisors at the palace of Versailles so the revolutionaries forced the Monarchs to move to Paris.
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King Louis XVI has been executed
King Louis XVI has been executed on the guillotine on January 21, 1793, at age 38 by the Jacobin because they believed that the revolution won't be successful unless the King is dead and the Monarchy is destroyed.
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The Execution of Marie Antoinette
Marie Antoinette, on October 16, 1793, has been executed on the guillotine for the accusation of incest.
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The Execution of Maximilien Robespierre
Maximilian Robespierre has been executed on the guillotine due to the government finally going against him and violent insurgencies against his reign of terror on July 28, 1794.
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The Directory
The French Government was run under the French Directory which was run by 5 corrupt politicians.
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