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Period: to
French Revolution
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King Louis XVI calls a meeting of the estates general
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Tennis Court Oath
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The storming of the Bastille
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Declaration of the Rights of Man & Citizen
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Royal family forced to leave Versailles by mob of women demanding bread
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National Assembly issues a new constitution creating a constitutional monarchy
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Execution of Louis XVI
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The reign of terror begins
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Execution of Robespierre
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Reign of terror ends
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Rule of directory begins
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Napoleon’s takeover of the directory in a coup d’etat
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Battle of Trafalgar
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Napoleon abdicates and goes into exile to the island of Elba
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Battle of Waterloo