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Louis XVI ascended the throne of France in 1774

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Louis XVI on 5th May ,1789 called a meeting of estate general on discussion of increase of taxes. Meeting failed due to the rejection of king to the proposal of one man vote given by the third estate which the third estate to walk away from the meeting.

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Member of third estate assembled in the hall of an indoor tennis court in grounds of Versailles on 20th June 1789.They took an oath of  voting "not to separate and to reassemble wherever necessary, until the Constitution of the kingdom is established"

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The fortress-prison , Bastille was demolished by the rebels in 14th July 1789

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After the incidents of bastille and countryside ,Louis XVI decided to accept the legitimacy of National assembly

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The assembly abolished the feudal system of obligation (privileges by  birth) and taxes on 4th August 1789.

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National Assembly passed Declaration of the Rights of Man in which is  a fundamental document of the French Revolution that granted civil rights to some commoners, although it excluded a significant segment of the French population on 26th August 1789.

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The national assembly declared war on Austria and Prussia (April 1972)as King
Louis wanted the war in order to change the French revolution so that it could favor him. The monarchy felt threatened out of the threat of monarchies threatening to act on behalf of King Louis.

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The period from 1793 to 1794 was referred to as the 'Reign of Terror' because of the following reasons: Maximilian Robespierre followed a policy of severe control and punishment.

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The triangular slave trade was conducted between Europe, Africa and the Americas. Since the 17th century, French merchants travelled from the ports of Bordeaux and Nantes to Africa where they bought slaves from the local chieftains. From there, the slaves were br
anded, shackled and sent off to the Caribbean to be sold off to the plantation owners there. Such exploitation of the slaves from Africa made it possible for the European markets to flourish with commodities like sugar, indigo and coffee. In 1794 convention flee all the slaves until it was reintroduced by Napoleon Bonaparte in 1804 .

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Napoleon Bonaparte  crowned himself emperor in 1804. He reintroduced slavery .He successfully waged war against various coalitions of European nations and expanded his empire. However he was defeated in Battle of Waterloo in 1815

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Slavery was finally abolished in French colonies in 1848 .

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After a long wait and huge struggles women finally got the right to vote in 1946