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Reign of Louis XIV
• King Louis XIV ruled for 72 years.
• He called himself the sun king because he was light of his nation.
• He lived extravagantly and paid little attention to his subjects. -
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Reign of Louis XV
• He paid no mind to his people -
Louis XVI marries Marie Antoinette
• the marriage helped close the gap between the two countries
• She was around 14.
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4. Reign of Louis XVI
• He ruled for 14 years.
• He did nothing for the middle and lower class
• That he was in the wrong place at the wrong time -
American Declaration of Independence
• John Locke, Voltaire, Montesquieu, and Rousseau.
• That every citizen has rights. -
Affair of the Diamond Necklace
• Marie Antoinette started a scandal to get ride of a government official. -
Meeting of the Estates General
• The clergy, the aristocrats, and middle class people.
• The middle class had the most people
• They voted as a group.
• They met very little.
• King Louis XVI wanted more money. -
Third Estate leaves the Estates General
• After six weeks the third estate broke away.
• The wanted a new constitution. -
Formation of the National Assembly
• They were led by Count Mirabeau.
• They met in the royal tennis courts -
Tennis Court Oath
• They pledged they would meet until the government was reformed
• The king responded with some democratic reforms.
• The people celebrated. -
The Great Fear
• Serfs panicked as they though the aristocrats would stop the revolution.
• It didn’t affect Normandy or Brittany because they were isolated. -
Fall of the Bastille
• They rioted because of high prices.
• They wanted to free political prisoners.
• King Louis sent out mercenary troops.
• people started the National Guard. -
Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen
• The document laid out the freedoms of speech, religion, ect.
• John Locke, Voltaire, Montesquieu, and Rousseau -
National Assembly abolishes feudal rights
• They ended all feudal rights and serfdom.
• Then said all people would be equal before the law -
Women of Paris march to Versailles
• The thought the king was out of touch.
• They wanted the king in Paris. -
Louis XVI & Marie Antoinette attempt to escape France
• he tried to escap so he could try to recreate the monarchy from outside the country.
• He was imprisoned -
Legislative Assembly
• To lesson the power of the king.
• The deferent demands made everybody fight so nothing happened -
Execution of Louis XVI
• Louis the XVI was brought to trial by Marat, Danton, and Robespierre.
• He was known as Citizen Louis Capet. -
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The Great Fear
• The Sans-Culottes was responsible.
• Really harsh laws.
• It targeted Pre-revolution aristocrats and nobles.
• People were executed on the guillotine. -
Execution of Marie Antoinette
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Jean-Paul Marat death
• He was the leader of the radicals.
• He was murdered in the tub by Charlotte Corday. -
Jacques Danton death
• He stood up to the Reign of Terror.
• He belonged to the Jacobins. -
Maximilien Robespierre death
• He modernized the country and made thing better.
• The Jacobins.
• He introduced the metric system, the revolutionary calendar, the armies were made more efficient and he educated the public.
• He was executed. This was ironic because he killed so many people in his dictatorship that he had to be killed. -
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The Directory
• It was controlled by the middle class.
• They made richer people more privileged but gave power to the poor
