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May 5, 1789
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The Estates-General is called to discuss the issue of mounting debts in France for the first time in 175 years
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June 20, 1789
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Tennis Court Oath
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June 27, 1789
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All three estates come together into the National Assembly
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July 14, 1789
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Fall of the Bastille
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July 15, 1789
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The Great Fear
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August 4, 1789
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National Assembly abolishes feudal privilages
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August 26, 1789
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Declaration of the Rights of Citizen and Man
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October 5, 1789
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Woman's March
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November 2, 1789
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Church Property seized by government
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December 9, 1789
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Assignants sold according to the Church property seized a month before and money used to run the government
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July 12, 1790
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The Constitution of the Clergy
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June 21, 1791
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The King and his family try to escape
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October 1, 1791
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Newly elected Legislative Assembly meets for the first time. Radicals left, Conservatives right, Moderates in the middle.
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April 20, 1792
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France declares war on Austria
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June 20, 1792
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King Forced to don the Phrygian cap and toast the revolution
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