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a new king
King louis the 16th was the new king. He wasnt very good at making decisions. Him and his wife but mostly his wife spent money like crazy witch but France in a lot of debt. http://wiki.theplaz.com/File:French_Revolution_Louis-xvi-1.jpg -
Causes of the French Revolution
Some of the causes of the French Revolution are
food was little to be found, the taxation was only for the thrid estate,and the enlightenment ideas influenced the people for a change in the government. http://www.bonjourlafrance.com/france-facts/france-history/causes-of-the-french-revolution.htm -
Meeting at Versailles
At this meeting was held for the three estates to vote on whether the 1st and 2nd estate should have to pay taxes because france was out of money. But of course the 1st and 2nd estated didnt want to have to pay so they voted no witch made the vote 2 to 1. notes
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National Assembly
Members of the third estate declared themself the 'National Assembly', because they repersent 96 persent of the nation. They decided to make a change. http://www.assemblee-nationale.fr/english/8am.asp -
Tennis court oath
The Tennis court oath was made because of the growing discontent of the Third Estate in France in the face of King Louis 16th desire to hold onto the country's history of absolute government. they didn't like what was going on so they decided to change it, for the better. they took this oath and promised to keep meeting there until the D.R.M was finished. http://library.thinkquest.org/C006257/revolution/tennis_court_oath.shtml -
storming of the Bastille
they attacked the Bastille to get gun powder. But they ended up destroying the whole thing. they tore it down brick by brick. class notes -
The declaration of rights of man and citizens
This was writen at a nerby tennis court after the King locked the door to the meeting room they had been using. The plan was to create a document with the rights the french people should have. class notes: -
Bread March
6,000 women marched to versailles because they where angry because there was no wheat to make bread. they came back with the king and queen and wheat. notes -
Royal Escape
The king and his wife and kids decide to leave Paris and try to get to the next nerest country to try to gain control of his country again. He was found and captured and put on house arest. class notes -
arrested
King Louis the 16th and his wife where arrested and sent back to the temple. whitch is an ancient Paris fortress used as a prison. He was left to live there, later be decided that he had to be killed for several charges http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/louis/louisxvilinks.html -
Free from Monarchy
On this daythe National Assembly declared France to be a republic and abolished the monarchy. Only because the king was soon to be gone. http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/louis/louisxvilinks.html -
Death of King Louis 16
KIng louis the 16th killed because of seveal reasons. one for try to leave the country when he was the whole reason it was falling apart. notes -
Reign Of Terror
(1793-1794)
when 40,000 people where killed by the guillotion. because they didn't believe in the revoltion. class notes -
Death Of Marie Antoinette
Marie Antoinette was killed because she was supositly comunitcating with her family give away the amrys game plain i guess you could call it. She also was charged trying to flea the country just like her husband. the movie we watched -
Napoleon becomes dictator
He was what we called a 'good' dictator and by that we mean got France back on their feet. He changed all the govenments to where all the laws wherre from the enlightenment ideas. This changed everyones prospectives on monarchy. notes -
death of Napoleon
he died on the island called St Helena. The gaurds slowliy slip postin into his food. http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/bonaparte_napoleon.shtml
