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Accession of Louis XVI & death of grandfather. Appoints Turgot as finance minister

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- July 4 American Declaration of Independence
- Thomas Paine publishes Common Sense

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- France declares war on Great Britain. The war debt brings the French Monarchy to its knees
- French soldiers join American War of Independence
- Relationship between France and the United States was formalized with the Treaty of Alliance

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- June 2-9 Gordon Riots, England. An anti-Catholic demonstration led by Lord George Gordon that was followed by several days of rioting
-  Late 1780s, King Louis XVI's suggestion of tax reforms got rejected by the Notables. Instead they recommended the convocation of the Estates-General

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- Publication by Necker of the compte rendu suggests surplus royal finances

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- Last battle of war occurred when the British and French ships clashed off the coast of India
- Peace signed between Britain and France

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-  Begining of 1787, France's fiscal crisis - extravagant spending, insufficient revenue, and mounting debt.
- Aristocratic revolt results in Louis XVI's low political power

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- 100th year of the ‘Glorious Revolution of 1688’ in England that allowed the people of England to debate public issues

- Severe winter causes famine and starvation in the countryside

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May 5 Meeting of Estates General in Paris

June 17 National Assembly

June 20 Oath of the Tennis Court

July 14 Fall of the Bastille

August 4-5 The National Assembly ‘abolishes Feudalism’

August 26 National Assembly adopts Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen, inspired by the American Declaration of Independence

September 12 Jean-Paul Marat’s L’Ami du people (The Friend of the People), a radical publication, appears

October 5-6 Women of Paris march to Versailles

October 10 Dr. Guillotin proposes scientific device for execution