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Divide French Society/ Financial Troubles: Part 1
Everyone in France was divided into one of the three estates. The first estate was made up of clergy, which was the church. The second estate was made up of the nobles; and the third estate was made up of everyone else. This would be the middle class and this estate made up of most of the population. The third estate was also the one estate that was responsible for paying taxes. -
Divide French Society/ Financial Troubles: Part 2
France also had a lot of economic troubles due to their deficit spending. The French and Indian War and The American Revolution put France in even more debt. In order to decrease their debt, Louis XIV hired a financial expert, Jacques Necker. Necker's idea was to decrease the King's spending, reform the government, and take off the tariffs on trade. The King didn't agree. Because the King didn't like these ideas, he decided to increase taxes to pay off the debt. The third estate wasn't happy. -
Louis XIV Calls the Estates-General
France was on the verge of doing into debt due to taxes. King Louis called the Estates-General to meet. Prior to the meeting, he had all the estates write down the issues they had with taxes and their rights. Third-Estate delegates were elected and could now vote. Each group now had one vote but do to the system; the Third-Estate was always outvoted. -
Psrisians storm the Bastille
Bastille is a fortress used as a prison for political people and other prisoners. On July 14, 1789 crowds gathered outside the Bastille demanding the weapons and gunpowder that was being stored there. The guards refused to open the doors so the people attacked and forced their way in and they found the weapons. Since the Bastille was a symbol of the abuse France was put through burning it down created Bastille Day which s their national independence day. -
Revolt/National Assembly Acts: Part 1
This was the time of the "Great Fear." All types of rumors were spreading, and people began to panic. People began to revolt. They started to steal grain from storehouses, and started to set things on fire. -
Revolt/ National Assembly Acts: Part 2
The National Assembly took action. They give up their rights and helped Feudalism become abolished. They wrote The Declaration of the Rights of Men. This stated that everyone was free and equal in rights. it also stated that everyone had the right of religion and men were equal before the law. -
Rrevolt/ National Assembly Acts: Part 3
The women heard about this and they wanted to be treated as equals and have the same rights as men. The women marched 13 miles from Paris to Versailles. These strong, manly women wanted to talk to the Queen and they would stop at nothing. The King aand Queen didn't know what else to do, so they fled. They almost made it to the border of Austria but they ended up getting caught because a guard reconized the King from the money he was on. -
Threats from abroad
Since Louis XIV tired to escape, everything got worse. So, the King of Prussia and the emperor of Austria made the Declaration of Pilnitz. This threaded to intervene to protect the French monarchy. The Declaration was mostly a bluff but people took it seriously and got ready for a war. -
Radicials Take Over
The European rulers didn’t was this idea so spread to them and they increased boarder control. Everyone was against France, e3ven the Enlightenment thinkers. The Government comes to power but they can’t fix anything and it fails. The Radicals want to see the monarchs go and switch to republic. -
Monarchy is abolished
The fighting just kept getting worse and worse. The Parisians went after the king but he escaped right before the mob arrived. People went crazy. They went on a killing spree. The Radicals took over the assembly and they made the National Convention. They said the right to vote should be extended to everyone, not just people that owned land. The Radicals met on September and abolished the monarchy. Louis XIV and Marie were executed and they made a new constitution for France. -
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Robespierre and the Reign of Terror: Part One
Robespierre became the leader of the Committee of Public Safety. He earned the name “the incorruptible.” He believed France cold get back in shape by inflicting terror to its citizens. The death sentence got more popular and was used for basically everything. 17,000 people were said to be executed. The people that were sent to the death sentence were killed by the guillotine. It was a symbol of horror. People finally realized it was wrong and Robespierre was sent to death and they number of exec -
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Robespierre and the Reign of Terror: Part Two
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Third Estate Revolution
The Third-Estate was powerful during the French Revolution. Pease was made with Span and Prussia but the wars with Austria and Great Britain continued. A lot of problems with bread and other things came up but the Directory suppressed them. People were starting to return to France. But when things started to get rough again, they turned to Napoleon to help them win wars and help them achieve their goals. But
what people didn’t know is that he would outwit them all and become the ruler of France.
