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The document summarizes the events of the French Revolution. In Act I, Louis XVI calls the Estates-General to seek a solution to the financial crisis, but the clergy and nobility refuse to pay taxes. The bourgeoisie also refuse to increase taxes without a constitution. In Act II, peasant uprisings erupt in Paris, the Bastille is stormed, and Louis XVI attempts to flee to Austria but is stopped and accused of treason. Finally, both he and Marie Antoinette are guillotined.
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