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Debt in France
The French government sank deeply into debt, and soon bankers refused to lend the government more money. This made the country very economically unstable in the hands of Louis XIV. http://hometown-pasadena.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/marie_antoinette_let_them_eat_cake_announcement-r0d7ce1603475414491c3a45880fdf8e1_imtrt_8byvr_512.jpg -
Estates-General Assembly
The Estates-General assembly was held in Versailles because the king wanted to find a solution to the economic crisis going on in the country. The assembly included the three estates, they were told this was their chance to have a say in what happened in government but it turned out not to be true, the king still had the final decision. http://imageweb-cdn.magnoliasoft.net/bridgeman/fullsize/xir159136.jpg -
Formation of the National Assembly
Because they weren’t listened to in the Estates-General assembly, the representatives of the third estate joined together and formed the National Assembly, taking King Louis XVI’s absolute monarchy away and starting a representative form of government. Leads to tennis court oath. http://a66c7b.medialib.glogster.com/media/c5/c55c0337cb24e4658faa07d192159a4011de82f228fae17f9ab27f899b49b06c/national-assembly.jpg -
Fall of the Bastille
A mob stormed the Bastille, a Paris prison, killed the guards and looked for guns and gunpowder. The fall of the Bastille became a symbolic act of revolution to the French people because the prison symbolized the power of the monarchs. http://www.cafleurebon.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/fall-of-the-Bastille..jpg -
Feudalism ends
Some Noblemen join the National Assembly. First and second estates' tax priviliges are abolished. Feudalism is ended. http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-k9Mvi70OOaA/Tk3C92nFILI/AAAAAAAAAkA/HXXLDur9zHc/s1600/feudalism.jpg -
Declaration of Rights of Man
The Declaration of Rights of Man is written. It was influenced by the American Revolution becuase many of the ideas in this declaration of rights come from Enlightenment ideas that were applied in the US. http://bastille-day.com/media/Declaration-of-the-Rights-of-Man-and-of-the-Citizen.jpg -
The Bread Riot
Prices of bread rose and as a result thousands of Parisian women marched to Versailles, they got into the palace and told Marie Antoinette and King Louis XVI to go back to Paris and after a while they agreed. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2f/Apr2_richmond_riot.jpg -
Royal family attempts to flee
The royal family attempts to flee France because they were questioning their safety in the country, but they were captured and returned to Paris under guard. http://digilib.gmu.edu/dspace/bitstream/handle/1920/5762/engraving_french_54.jpg?sequence=1 -
The Imprisonment of The Royal Family
The Prussian army was fighting in Paris and the Prussian commander threatened to destroy the city if the revolutionaries harmed any member of the royal family, because of this the mob headed to Tuileries, a palace where the family was staying, killed the guards and imprisoned the whole royal family. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/81/Arrest_of_Louis_XVI_and_his_Family,_Varennes,_1791.jpg -
Raiding of The Prisons
There were rumors going around that the supporters of the King were planning to escape the prisons and try to take control of the city again so the citizens raided the prisons and killed over 1,000 prisoners which included nobles, priests and royalist sympathizers. http://blogs.isb.bj.edu.cn/olympial/files/2012/05/3rd-entry-PARISIANS-KILLING-NOBLES.jpg -
Creation of the National Convention
A governing body called the National Convention took office and “replaced” the legislative assembly. It removed Louis XIV from his throne,abolishing monarchy and declaring France a republic. https://www.mtholyoke.edu/courses/rschwart/hist151/French%20Revolution%20II/album/slides/Louis%20first%20appearance%20at%20trial.jpg -
King Louis XVI's Sentence
King Louis XVI was given a death sentence and killed by the guillotine. http://www.rjgeib.com/thoughts/french/robes.jpg
