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Treaty of Paris
Ended the American Revolution. Signed in 1783 by Ben Franklin and John Adams. -
Estates General
In 1789, the King Louis XVI called a meeting of the Estates General. It was the first meeting of the Estates General called since 1614. He called the meeting because the French government was having financial problems. -
Tennis Court Oath
In Versailles, France, the Third Estate, which represents commoners and the lower clergy, meet on an indoor tennis court, in defiance of King Louis XVI’s order to disperse. In these modest surroundings, they took a historic oath not to disband until a new French constitution had been adopted. -
Storming of the Bastille
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March on Versailles
On this day in 1789, an angry mob of nearly 7,000 armed working women marched in the rain from Paris to Versailles -
Execution of the King
King Louis XVI was executed as his punishment for ruling "badly" -
Haitian Revolution
This was when Haiti revolted against France.
