Understanding the French Revolution

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Storming of the Bastille

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July 14, 1789; symbol of royal tyranny's fall

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Louis XVI

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King of France; executed in 1793

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Financial Crisis

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Debt from wars; extravagant spending

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Declaration of the Rights of Man

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August 1789; human civil rights document

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Reign of Terror

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1793-1794; mass executions, Robespierre's rule

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Marie Antoinette

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Queen of France; executed in 1793

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Enlightenment Ideas

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Liberty, equality, fraternity; inspired revolution

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Rise of Napoleon Bonaparte

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1799 coup; ended revolution, began Napoleonic era

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Estates-General

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May 1789; meeting of three estates

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Abolition of Monarchy

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1792; France declared a republic