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Indian and French war.
Indian and French war. -
Luis XVI fired the financial advisor (Necker)
Troops are converging on Paris, being send there by the king, to go in and dissolve the national assembly. -
meeting with the major groups of France
to try to resolve the problems, they called the convocation of the states general (meeting of the three states of France, they are the three major social classes). -
constitution of france
Luis XVI locked the door of the assembly room so that they couldn’t get in. he didn’t even let them assemble. That didn’t make the 3 group any happier, they were hungry and they paid even more taxes and they couldn’t assemble. So they go to an indoor tennis court, and they proclaimed the tennis court oath. They won’t stop until they create a constitution for France. -
national assembly of france
1 state: clergy 0,5% population2 state: nobility 1,5% population3 state: everyone else 98% populationbecause they fought in the wars and worked ward, and they were the only group paying taxes. The 3 group was very angry and they meet in an assembly and organized them self’s, and declared that they were the national assembly of France instead of being the convocation of the states general. -
Beginning of the french revolution
France was poor. Luis XVI king of France, Marie Antonete lived in the palace of Versalle. They had depts. Because of the American revolution and after the 7 year war. People starving, not happy. Nobility “living it up”. -
Bastille
People started arming themselves, they entered in the Bastille (were the king kept weapons). Even today people celebrate the bastille day -
Declaration of independence
National assembly declared their declaration of independence (writes of man, and of the citizens). -
Marie Antoniete was hording grain at Versailles
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women’s march
The women’s march was a march that was able to get in the palace of Versailles, and achieved that the king and his wife went back to Paris. -
nobility leaving france
nobility is starting to leave France because they didn’t like the revolution -
luis XVI wanted to scape
the same idea of going away the danger got into the head of Luis XVI and Marie Antonete, they wanted to scape. They dressed as servants and maked their servants dress as nobility. Dressed as servants the king and queen tried to scape to this general state, but when they were in Verain they were spotted, and people took them captive and brought them back to Paris. -
No monarchy
They thought they didn’t need monarchy and they could have a republic. The fact off Luis XVI running away meant that he abdicated the throne (quitting the throne). -
Champ de Mors
There was a massacre called Champ de Mors. 50,000 people gathered at the Champ de Mars on July 17, with about 6,000 having signed the petition. However, earlier that day two suspicious people had been found hiding at the Champ de Mars, "possibly with the intention of getting a better view of the ladies' ankles," and were hanged by those who found them. However, Bailly, the mayor of Paris, used this incident to declare martial law. -
declaration of Pillnitz
Leopold II was king of Austria and Marie Antoinette’s brother.Frederic William II was king of Prussia and did a deal with Leopold II called the declaration of Pillnitz in august. The declaration said that they wanted to bring the French monarchy back to power. -
War Austria
France started a war against Austria. If France win Louis XVI will gain populraity and power, he will get the gold of other countries -
A new republic
Assembly declares a republic on France. Louis XVI is no longer king. -
Philosophers talking about Enlightment.
