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The French Revolution
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Causes of French Revolution
Two causes for the French Revolution was one, France had bad harvests; priore to the French Revolution France had severe droughts which resulted in food shortages. The second cause was France had bad leadership; the king and queen lived a lavish life spending all of France's money.
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Causes_of_the_French_Revolution
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/215768/France/40393/The-causes-of-the-French-Revolution
http://www.studymode.com/essays/Major-Causes-Of-The-F -
Death of King Louis XV
King Louis XV died on May 10, 1774 of small pox. This was when his son King Louis the 16th inherited the throne.
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National Assembly Created
On June 13th 1789 representatives from all three estates met at the Palace of Versailles with King Louis the 16th. They all voted on whether the 1st and 2nd estate should pay taxes. The 1st and 2nd estate outvotted the 3rd estate. The 3rd estate left the meeting and formed the National Assembly.
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Assembly_(French_Revolution)
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/404373/National-Assembly
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Tennis Court Oath
The Tennis Court was signed by 576 of the 577 members of the Third Estate. This oath says that the assembly will not stop meeting until a constitution is signed for France.
https://www.mtholyoke.edu/courses/rschwart/hist255/kat_anna/tennis.html
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tennis_Court_Oath
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Attack on the Bastille
On the morning of July 14, 1789 the partisans of the Third Estate stormed the fortress and prison of Bastille to gather gun powder. The stormimg is the official start of the French Revolution. http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Storming_of_the_Bastille
http://bastille-day.com/history/storming-of-the-bastille-july-14-1789
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Abolition of Feudalism in France
On the night of August 4, 1789 the National Assembly announce they abolished the feudal system entirely. Which then abolished all the extra rights the 1st and 2nd estate had before.
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D.R.M.
The D.R.M. is a list of the natural and sacred rights of man. It was approved by the National Assembly on August 26, 1789.
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Declaration_of_the_Rights_of_Man_and_of_the_Citizen
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/503563/Declaration-of-the-Rights-of-Man-and-of-the-Citizen
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Bread March
The Bread March was where thousands of market women ransacked the city armory and marched to the palace of Versailles. King Louis and Marie Antoinette were captured, forced to sign the D.R.M. and brought back to Paris.
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women's_March_on_Versailles
http://www.pccua.edu/keough/march_to_versailles.htm
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Royal Escape
King Louis XVl and his family got in the royal carriage and tried to escape to Austria. But sadly they were caught at the border and brought back to Paris.
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flight_to_Varennes
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/349122/Louis-XVI/4302/Attempt-to-flee-the-country
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Death of King Louis 16
310 deputies voted or mercy but 380 votes for execution on the decision of King Louis's fate. King Louis was executed on January 21, 1793.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_XVI_of_France
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Execution_of_Louis_XVI
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Reign of Terror
While the French army was losing the war the French government started killing anyone who was the against the French Revolution. 40,000 people including Marie Antoinette were sent to the guillotine. This reign of terror ended with Maximillien Robespierre being sent to the guillotine.
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reign_of_Terror
http://www.historywiz.com/terror.htm
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Death of Marie Antoinette
Eights months after the death of her husband Marie was convicted of treason. She was sent to the guillotine and killed.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_Antoinette
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/marie-antoinette-is-beheaded
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Death of Maximillien Robespierre
The convention say Maximillien as a tyrant and decided to destroy him before he destroyed the remaining members of the governent. He was sent to the guillotine on July 28, 1794.
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Death of Louis XVII of Frace ( King Louis the 16's son )
After his fathers death on January 21, he became nominally the King of France in the eyes of the royalists. But he was improsined between August of 1792 and died of illness in 1795.
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Results of the French Revolution
After the French Revolution there was an end to monarchy is Europe. The church also lost most of its power. People in France had more rights and freedoms. And most importantly France no longer had 3 estates, the 1st and 2nd estate lost rights and the 3rd estate gained rights.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Revolution
http://www.infoplease.com/encyclopedia/history/french-revolution-effects-revolution.html
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Napoleon Bonaparte Becomes Dictator
On May 14, 1804 Napoleon Bonaparte was named dictator/emperor of France. Before he became dictator he was the general of the French army.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napoleon
http://faculty.ucc.edu/egh-damerow/napoleon.htm
http://www.history.com/topics/napoleon
