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-Bread Nobles
-Fearful of taxes were dencouncing royal tranny
-Louis XVI finally summoned the estates General to meet at Versials -
The french clung on to the old society like the rest of Europe. Everyone in France was divided into 3 social classes. The reason they divided is because they had 3 states. The Economic troubles of French created a lot of tension.
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- Rumors that royal troops were going to occupy the capital -More than 800 troops outside of bastile -Bastile was a grim midevil fortress used as a prison -Gun powerder was belived to be stored there
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-Peolpe starving
-Soaring bread prices
-Peasents flocking to towns -
-Decleration of Pilnitz
-Two monarchs Threatened to intervene to protect the french moarchy
-The revolution was about to take a new turn. -
- Revoloutinary currency dropped in value -That caused prices to rise rapidly -Then that lead to food shortages
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-Well trained prussian forces were cutting down raw french recruits
-Royalist officers were deserting the french army
-Emirgres and others hoping to restore the kings power -
-Peolpe left loyalty of the king and quenn
-Strong feeling of pride and thoughts that you can rule thr wrold on you own -
-Not an easy childhood
-Mother died at 6 years old
-His father abondoned him
-Studied law -
-About 300,000 were arrested during the reijn of terror
-The guitine was device made for cutting peoples heads off
-Many people died for nothing
