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Louis XIV
Got personal plessure before taking care of business. Then got even more debt. So they hired Jacques Necker. -
Bad food
Bad food harvest sent their prices through the roof. -
Clergy Enjoys wealth
French clergy still got much wealth and privelege. -
Natrional Debt Soars
50% of the taxes went to the debt they owed. Leaveing peasents hungry. -
Monarchy
Turned france into a constitutional monarchy. -
Unrest Exploded
A rumor spread that the factory manager was going to cut pay even though the bread prices were high. Angry workers destroyed the owners home. -
Parisians Storm of Bastille
The parisians went to the Bastillian demanding weapons. So broke in killed 5 guards and commander and relased prisoners. But not finding any weapons. -
Limited Monarchy
Set up a limited monarchy instead of having an absolute monarch. -
Failed escape of Louis
A coach came north from paris. In it was a king dressed like a servant. The queen as a governess, with the royal children. But they were caught. The king was called names and a traitor. -
Women March
6,000 women march 13 miles in the pouring rain from paris to varsailles. -
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Violence
Violence ended the monarchy. -
Leads to violence
A group of Parisians went to the palace of the Tuileries and killed the guards. The royal family escaped before they could die. -
Radical Convention
A convention was set up that that extreme than the body's earlier. -
Prisoners Killed
1,200 prisoners were killed some just being the average criminal. this was part of the "September Massacres". -
Drove out the British
Napoleon drove out the British forces from the French port.