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American Declaration of Independence
Necker joins government |
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France enters American War of Independence
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Peace of Paris
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| Estates-General convoked for 1789 |
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| Payments suspended from Treasury |
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| Second Assembly of Notables |
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| Doubling of the Third Estate |
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| Elections to Estates-Generale |
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| Sieyès writes, "What is the Third Estate?" |
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| National Assembly proclaims national sovereignty |
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| "Great Fear" in countryside |
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| Abolition of feudalism, privileges, and venality |
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| Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen |
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| 'October Days': women march to Versailles, king and Assembly move to Paris |
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| Church property nationalized |
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| Foreign conquests renounced |
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| Civil Constitution of the Clergy |
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| Burke, "Reflections on the Revolution in France" |
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| Pope condemns Civil constitution |
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| Le Chapelier law bans trade unions |
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| Slave rebellion in Saint-Domingue |
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| Louis XVI accepts constitution |
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| Constituent Assembly dissolved |
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| Legislative Assembly convenes |
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| Louis XVI vetoes decrees against émigrés and unsworn priests |
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