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Seven Years War
Long-term cause of Revolution. -
The Civil Constitution of the Clergy
Addresses the Church. -
The Tennis Court Oath
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National Assembly
Third Estate walked out and declared itself official representative government after failed negotiations. -
Women's March on Versailles
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Estates-General
Negotiations. -
Bastille Day
Storming of Bastille. -
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The Consulate
Led by Napoleon Bonaparte. -
Abolition of Provinces and Division of France into Departments
Achieve greater national unity. -
National Convention
National Assembly dissolved into this. -
Committee of Public Safety
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Society of Republican Revolutionary Women
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Period: to
Reign of Terror
Kill opponents of the Revolution. -
Period: to
Directory
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Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen
Affirmed Enlightenment ideals of "natural rights of man", by National Assembly.