french revolution 1789 - 1799 (jan 1, 1789 – jan 1, 1799)

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A period of extreme political and societal change in France. which began with the estates general which was a meeting of nobles clergy and commoners. When the third estate and some other various people invited the two other estates to the meeting which made Nearly the entire government of France face to face and as tensions were high at the time many arguments broke out and erupted, beginning the revolution. Tensions, still rising culminated in the storming of the bastille, an armor and weapons storage. After a lot more stormings and chaos the french revolution is said to have ended when the consulate seized power by a coup led by napoleon.

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