MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
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The Declaration of the Rights of Man was written
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Louis XVI called the Estates General into session
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The Committee of Public Safety led the Reign of Terror
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Napoleon crowned himself Emperor of France
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Detailed explanation-1: -In 1789, the King Louis XVI called a meeting of the Estates General. It was the first meeting of the Estates General called since 1614.
Detailed explanation-2: -A popular insurgency culminated on July 14 when rioters stormed the Bastille fortress in an attempt to secure gunpowder and weapons; many consider this event, now commemorated in France as a national holiday, as the start of the French Revolution.
Detailed explanation-3: -Summoning of the Estates General, 1789 4-5 May 1789. The political and financial situation in France had grown rather bleak, forcing Louis XVI to summon the Estates General.
Detailed explanation-4: -Before the revolution in France, a time known as the Ancien Regime, society was divided into three distinct classes, known as the Three Estates. The First Estate was the clergy, who were people, including priests, who ran both the Catholic church and some aspects of the country.