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Estate General Meeting
The first meeting in 175 of an assembly of representatives from the estates, to approve the taxation of nobility after France's debt. -
Establishment of the National Assembly
The establishment of the assembly of delegates from the third estate, where they could pass laws for the French people. -
Tennis Court Oath
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Bastille Day
An act of revolution, where a mob of people broke into a Paris prison and took over the building. -
Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizens
Important document during the French Revolution that guaranteed all citizens "liberty, property, security, and resistance to opression". -
Legislative Assembly declares war against Austria and Prussia
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Introduction of the Guillotine
Invention of a quick and painfree way of execution. -
France becomes a republic
The National Conventions take control of the government and gets rid of monarchy in France, and decclares it a republic. -
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Reign of Terror
Robespierre governs France as a dictator and inflicts terror on the citizens.This ends after the National Covention sent Roberpierre to the guillotine. -
Period of Order
National Convention creates a new government, which gave France a period of order. During this period Napoleon Bonaparte is elected the commander of the French Army.