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Rise of the third estate
In the lead-up to the may 5 meeting, the third Estate began to mobilize support for equal representation and the abolishment of the noble veto- in other words, they wanted voting by head not by status. -
cause of the French revolution
As the 18th century drew to a close, France's costly involvement in the American Revolution, and extravagant spending by king Louis XVI and his predecessor, had left the country on the brink of bankruptcy. -
French Revolution turns radical
on the domestic front, meanwhile, the political crisis took a radical turn when a group of insurgents led by the extremist Jacobins attacked the royal residence in Paris and arrested the king on august 10, 1792. -
French revolution turns radical
on the 1st, 21 1793, it sent king louis XVI, condemned to death for high treason and crimes against the states, to the guillotine; his wife Marie-Antoinette suffered the same fate nine months later -
French revolution
timeline about the French Revolution
