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Meeting of the States-General
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National Assembly declared
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Tennis Court Oath
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Storming of the Bastille
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Declaration of the Rights of Man
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Constitution accepted by King Louis XVI
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The King and Queen attempt to flee to Varennes
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France declares war on Austria
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Jacobin Insurrection, continue to defy the Assembly
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Jacobin masses storm the Tuileries Palace
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National Convention meets; abolition of Monarchy
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Trial of King Louis XVI before the Convention begins
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Louis XVI is executed
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Royalists revolt in the Vendee
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Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat
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Execution of Marie Antoinette
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Execution of the Dantonists
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Fall of Maximilian Robespierre
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Bread riots in Paris
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Napoleon Bonaparte named First Consul, now the effective dictator
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Napoleon consecrated as Emperor