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Bankers refused to lend the government any more money.
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A meeting where Louis XVI met with the representatives from all three estates to approve a new tax which was to impose taxes to the nobility. http://www.cartoonstock.com/directory/b/boardroom_meeting.asp
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Voted to establish the National Assembly. -- Leads to the Tennis Court Oath
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A mob stormed the Bastille which was a prison. The mob killed several guards died and then the attackers paraded around the streets with the heads of the men on pikes. --The Great Fear started
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Nobles also joined other members of the National Assembly in sweeping away the feudal privileges of the first and second estates. The Old Regime was dead.
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The National Assembly adopted a statement of revolutionary ideals, the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen which stated that men are born and remain free and equal in rights.
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Women’s March on Versailles was an event which began among women in the marketplaces of Paris who were rioting over the high price and lack of bread.
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Assembly reforms France, there was many changes
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The royal family tried to escape from France to the Austrian Netherlands. -- Some wanted the revolution to bring even greater changes to France, they were called Sans-Culottes
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The National Assembly completed the new constitution which Louis approved. The constitution created a limited constitutional monarchy. Legislative Assembly was created.
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The Legislative Assembly declares war with Austria and Prussia.
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Men and women stormed in the Tuileries and the mob killed royal guards and imprisoned Louis, Marie Antoinette, and their children.
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Jacobins take over the government.
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The National Convention abolished the monarchy and declared France a republic.
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The former king (Louis XIV) walked with calm dignity up the steps of the scaffold to be beheaded by a machine called the guillotine.
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To reinforce the French army, the Convention ordered a draft of 3000,000 French citizens between the ages of 18 and 40.
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Robespierre became leader of the Committee of Public Safety and started the Reign of Terror
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Some members of the National Convention turned on Robespierre, they demanded his arrest and execution. The Reign of Terror ended on July 28, 1794 when Robespierre went to the guillotine.
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Moderate leaders in the National Convention drafted a new plan of government. (Directory)
