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The Old Regime, a socio-political system in most of Europe is put into place. In this system, countries were ruled by absolutism, which meant that the monarch had complete control over the government.

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The people of France in 1789 are divided into 3 estates. The first, high ranking members of the church, the second, nobility, and third, everyone else. The first and second estates did not have to pay taxes, while the third payed all of them, and also did not have a say in any elections.

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Because of King Louis XVI lavishing money on himself, Queen Marie Antoinette spending wastefully, and overall deficit spending by the French government, the country has become bankrupt. This meant that the lives of the French people were now very hard.

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The Third Estate became the National Assembly and protested on a tennis court after failing to take over the Estate General building.

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The king ordered all three estates to come together to vote on a new constitution, but meanwhile, King Louis did not actually want a new constitution.

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After news came out that the King was going to use military force on the National Assembly, they stormed the Bastille, a state prison, to acquire the valuable gunpowder reserves held there.

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The National Assembly makes its first attempt at setting up a democratic government. The Declaration of Man and of the Citizens gives every citizen certain rights in the organization.

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October 5th, 1789: Women's March on Versailles

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October 5th, 1789: Women's March on Versailles

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A group of women marched to Versailles because of Parisians fearing that the King would send troops in to take down the rebellion. The march forced the royal family to move to Paris, to go into hiding.

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June, 1791: King Louis and the Royal family escape

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June, 1791: King Louis and the Royal family escape

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The royal family decide to get out of France by escaping to Austria, but were caught. Austria then got angry with France because they wanted them to support their King.

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April 20th 1792: France declares war on Austria.

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April 20th 1792: France declares war on Austria.

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France declares war on Austria, igniting the French Revolutionary Wars.

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The National Convention, (the new Revolutionary government), abolished the monarchy and became a republic.

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January 1793: King Louis XVI is executed

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January 1793: King Louis XVI is executed

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The former King was killed by guillotine because of his crimes on October 21st.

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The National Convention created the Committee of Public Safety, led by Maximilian de Robespierre. The committee tracked down and executed around 15,000 Nobles and middle-class citizens accused of treason, and arrested 500,000.

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Because of her numerous crimes, the former queen is executed by guillotine.

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The people of France realized that Robespierre was a violent and hateful man, killing many innocent people. On July 28th, he was executed for his crimes.