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Divided French Society / Financial Trubles
Mushrooming financial crisis due to the government spending more than they are making. Rich lavish court spending millions on things for themselves. The government decides to tax the third class more to pay the debt but it causes more poverty and hunger. -
Louis XVI Summoned The Estates General
louis XVI summoned the estates general for the first time in 175 years. -
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The Third Stage of the Revolution
the third stage was to set up a 5 mman directory and a 2 house legislature elected by male citizens of property. The middle class were the dominant force for this stage. it held power from 1789 to 1799. -
Storming The Bastllie
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Revolt/National Assembly Act
Fuedalism is abolished. Declaration of The Rights of Men giving all men freedom. All men equal befor law. All frenchmen had equal right to hold public office. -
Threats From Abroad
The King of Prussia and Austrailia issued the Decleration of Pilnitz. It stated that the two monarchs threatend to intervene to protect the French Monarchy. France took threat seriously and prepares for war. -
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Civil War (radicals take over)
The war of words moved to the battlefield between French Revolutionaries and Europeon Monarch's. The french decide to attack Austrailia frist then Prussia, Britain then the rest of the states. -
The Monarchy is Abolished
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Robespierre and the Reign of Terror
Robespierre dedicated himeself to the revolution. Later he was givin the nickname of "The Incurroptable". His enemys called him a tyrant. He believed that they could acheive a republic of virtue only through the terror and that liberty can not be succured unless crimminals lose there head. 300,000 were arrested during the reign of terror and around 17,000 were exicuted and many were victims of mistaken identity or accused faulsly by there neighbors. . -
Reign of terror
The device of the killings was the guillotine. On the night of july 27, 1794 Robsespierre was arrested and the next day he was exicuted by the divice that he had been killing people with.