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france fought against the brits to support the American war of independence

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the public treasury was empty and France almost became bankrupt

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Louis XVI summoned the estates general together in the Palace of Versailles to discuss the financial state of the country

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the palace of versailles became the meeting place for the clergy, nobility and representatives of the 3rd estate of france

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the third estate established a new meeting called the National Assembly
they also pledged not to break up with their sympathizers until a new constitution of france had been written -> tenis court oath

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the national guard stormed the bastille, a state where the government stored munition

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between july 17th and august 3rd 1789, peasants revolted agains their landlords.

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la nuit des sacrifices took place to gain back control over france

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declaration of the rights of man and of the citizen

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declaration of the rights of man and of the citizen

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according to the declaration, everyone is born free and equal in the eyes of the law. there’s freedom of speech and all religions are to be tolerated

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the march on versailles took place. first only women protested, later thousands of angry people went to the palace of versailles for a dramatic confrontation

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the royal family tried to escape paris. however, they got recognized and were caught in the township of vareness
the national convention charged Louis XVI with ‘treason’ and made him an enemy of the state

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maxime roberspierre, the new leader of the french republic. he believed that who didn’t agree with the ideals of the revolution should be executed

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robespierre was supported by a political group called the jacobines

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after Louis XVI was caught, he and his wife were executed on the guillotine.
during the reign of terror thousands if people lost their lives on this machine (estimated 40,000 people)

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the reign of terror ended because the people wanted a peaceful country without all the bloodshed.
maxime robespierre was executed on the guillotine because of his ‘dictatorial behavior’

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after maxime robespierre’s death the jacobines lost their leader and were replaced by a constitution called the directiore. they consisted of educated people like doctors and lawyers

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Napoleon Bonaparte appeared, a general who returned from won battkes with italy and france during the first coalition war. that was a military conflict between france and european countries that didn’t agree with their revolution

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napoleon organised a coup because
france fought battles against Great Britain, austria and russia.
the battle between france and Great Britain took place off the coast of egypt. the so called battle of the nile

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at the end of the year people agreed with the new constitution in a referendum organized by napoleon

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the french senate agreed to name napoleon as a new emperor
December of the same year, he crowned himself as the emperor of france

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the seven wars between france and europe, called the napoleonic wars.

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the occupation of spain by france led to lots of wars against spanish rule in the spanish-american.
spain didnt have time to intervere and locals took their chance to gain power