Liberty

The French Revolution

By Alec P.
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    French Revolution

  • Cause #1 of the French Revolution

    Cause #1 of the French Revolution

    France had become bank rupt. They spent a lot of money fighting against england. They also gave the 13 colonies a lot of money during the American Revolution. -Class notes
  • Cause #2 of the French Revolution

    Cause #2 of the French Revolution

    The Queen was spending money that
    france didnt have because France was already bankrupt.- Class Notes
  • Cause #3 of the French Revolution

    Cause #3 of the French Revolution

    There had been bad harvests and had severe droughts. So there fore there were food shortages And when this happened the cost of bread sky rocketed causing even more shortages.-Class Notes
  • Cause #4 of the French REvolution

    Cause #4 of the French REvolution

    It was unfair that the third estate Had to pay all the taxes when they made the least money.So they wanted to be treated equally and have their equal rights and freedoms.-Class Notes
  • Cause #5 of the French Revolution

    Cause #5 of the French Revolution

    Philosophers were pushing the third estate to fight for their right to get their freedoms and egual rights back from the 1st and 2nd estates, so they did-Class Notes
  • Tennis court oath

    Tennis court oath

    The Nationalessembly vowed to come back every day to work on the new Constituion. This would soon become the new set of rules for the French people.- Class Notes
  • Natiopnal Assembly was created

    Natiopnal Assembly was created

    The leaders of the third estate came together to form the National assembly. They would then fight for equal rightts against the 1st and 2nd estates.-Class Notes
  • Attack on Bastille

    Attack on Bastille

    The Bastille was were they kept all their gun powder. When the French rebels stole the muskets form gun shops they needed gun powder, so they broke into the bastilleand got the gun powder.- Class Notes
  • Decleration of the Rights of Man was made (D.R.M)

    Decleration of the Rights of Man was made (D.R.M)

    The D.R.M gave equal rights to everyone. They gave all citizens their unalienable right back to them.-Class Notes
  • The bread march

    The bread march

    The bread march was when thousands of women marched to versailles. They captured the king and his family.-Class Notes
  • Royal Escape

    Royal Escape

    The royal escape was when the king and his family tride to escape Paris.They almost got away but were caught a few miles short.
  • Death of King Louis the 16th

    Death of King Louis the 16th

    King Louis was executed for betraying his country. He was concidered a traitor when he tried to flee from Paris.-Class Notes
  • Reign of Terror

    Reign of Terror

    The Reign of terror lasted from September 5, 1793 to july 27, 1794. This was when Robespierre created a list and whoever was on that list got executed.-Class Notes
  • Death of Marie Antoinette

    Death of Marie Antoinette

    Marie Anoitnette was also executed like king louis the 16th. She was also considered a traitor for trying to abondon her country.-Class Notes
  • The death of Robespierre

    The death of Robespierre

    Robespierre was executed by the guillotine. He was executed for basically threatening to put some names from the national assembly on the list.-Class Notes
  • One Result from the french Revolution

    One Result from the french Revolution

    There was Govenmental change for the French people. They changed from a Absolute monarchy to a Parlimentary. -Class Notes