Guillotin proposes scientific device for executionġ790 June 19 Formal abolition of nobility and hereditary titles October 5-6 Women of Paris march to Versailles September 12 Jean-Paul Marat’s L’Ami du people (The Friend of the People), a radical publication, appears Man and Citizen, inspired by the American Declaration of Independence Louis XVI calls a meeting of the Estates General, and lifts censorship to help prepare its workġ789 May 5 Meeting of Estates General in ParisĪugust 4-5 The National Assembly ‘abolishes Feudalism’Īugust 26 National Assembly adopts Declaration of the Rights of Revolution of 1688’ that shifted power from the Monarchy to Parliament and allowed the people of England considerable freedom to debate public issues An anti-Catholic demonstration led by Lord George Gordon that was followed by several days of riotingġ783 Peace signed between Britain and Franceġ788 Centenary celebrations in England of the ‘Glorious The war debt brings the French Monarchy to its kneesġ780 June Gordon Riots, England. 1776 July 4 American Declaration of Independenceġ778 France declares war on Great Britain.
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