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Fake Success
France was considered the most advanced country of Europe. It was praised amongst the europeans. However it was completely the opposite, France was actually not very stable because of bad harvests, high prices, and disturbing questions raised by enlightenment thinkers. -
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Louis XVI
Louis was not really the best king, he enjoyed doing many of his hobbies and spent most of the countries money in building his castle. -
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Marie Antoinette
Marie was a french gambler who did not like Louis and had a unorthodox way of dressing back in the day. -
Old Regime
The old Regime was a system that divided people in France into three large social classes or estates. First estate was owned by the Catholic Church. The second estate was owned by the Rich and nobles. The third estate which made up 97% of France was made up of the poorest people in France. -
From Monarchy To Democracy
End of absolute monarchy and beginning of representative government. -
Tennis Court Oath
When the people from the Third Estate tried to beg for a new constitution, King Louis treated them with brute force and killed most of the citizens there. -
Old Regime Dies
Feudal privileges were wiped from the first and second estates making the nobles and the church equal. -
A Limited Monarchy
National Assembly completed the new constitution, Louis approved. This created a limited constitutional monarchy. And it also created the Legislative Assembly -
Against Robespierre
Members of the National convention revolted against Robespierre wanting him to be executed or sent to prison. -
Army
France's army grew astoundingly, by 1794 the army had over 800,000 members including men and women.
