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Louis XIV Spends $100 Million to Build Palace at Versailles
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Louis XIV Dies, Leaving France in Debt
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Enlightenment or Age of Reason Reaches its Height
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Louis XVI Marries Austrian Marie Antoinette
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Louis XV Dies, also Leaving France in Debt from Wars Fought During his Reign; Louis XVI Takes Over
People of France are poor and hungry -
Declaration of Independence is Written and the Colonists Win the American Revolutionin 1781
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Peasants are Mad about New Tax Plan; Louis calls First of Estates-General in 175 years
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The Third Estate Declared Themselves the National Assembly and made the Tennis Court Oath
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Fearing Louis would use Force to Dismiss the National Assembly, the People of Paris Stormed the Bastille
tore it down The Great Fear starts shortly after -
Declaration of Rights of Man Written Garunteeing Freedoms of Equality, Press, Religion & Justice
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Royal Family Attempts to Escape but are caught and Arrested
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Guillotine is Introduced
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Jean-Paul Marat, a Member of the Radical Political Group Jacobins, is Stabbed in Bathtub by Charlotte Corday
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Jacobin leader Maximillien Robespierre is Slowy Gaining Power - Wants to Erase France's Past
becomes leader of Committee of Public Safety and rules France for next year like a dictator. His rule was known as The Reign of Terror. -
King Louis is Executed by Guillotine
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Marie Antoinette is Executed by Guillotine
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Robespierre is Executed by Guillotine, Ending the Radical Phase of Revolution
