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Great fear sweeps france
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Estates general meets
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National assembly is formed
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Citizens storm the bastille
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Declaration of the rights of man is issued
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Poor women of paris march on versailles
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Moderate Phase
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Civil constitution of the clergy
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Third constitution is adopted
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Paris mob invades tuileries palace
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Citizens attack paris prisons
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France becomes a republic
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Royal family confined to tuileries
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Period: to
Radical Phase
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Louis XVI beheaded
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Marie antoinette is beheaded
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Committee of public safety is created
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Reign of terror
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Robespierre is beheaded
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Period: to
Reaction Phase
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Directory takes power
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Napoleon leads invasion of egypt
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Napoleon becomes first consul
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Napoleon named Consul for life
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Age of Napoleon
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Concordat with the catholic church
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Napoleon becomes emperor
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Napoleonic code adopted
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Battles of austerlitz and trafalgar
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Napoleons army invades spain
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Napoleon's army invades russia
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Abdication of Napoleon