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Causes of the French Revolution are that France was bankrupt, The Queen was spending a lot of money on dresses and jewlery, France had a bad harvest. France was divided into three estates , and the third estate was the only one that had to pay taxes.The French people were learning from the philosphers ideas. The King was forced to call a meeting of the estates general , and each estate got an equal vote , and the third estate was outvoted every time .
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The third estate was outvoted by the first and second estate. That's when the third estate representatives stormed out of the meeting , and decided to form their own parliment called the "National Assembly". This parliment woulf truly represent the French people.
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The Oath was that the National Assembly would keep meeting until the D.R.M. was completed . That promise was kept.l
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The Bastille was a fort/prison in Paris. It held all of Paris's gun powder. Thousands of Parisians attacked the fort and succesfully got the gun powder. This was the start of the French Revolution. Sourcs: Class Notes
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When the National Assembly tried to meet again in Versailles, the king locked the door. So the National assembly was forced to meet at a near by tennis court. The plan was to create a document with rights the French people should have.
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Thousands of women from Paris marched 12 miles to Versailles. They we armed with whatever weapons they could find. They wanted food and the King to sign the D.R.M. The results of the Bread March are that the guards were killed and their heads were pu on pikes. King Louis XVI and Mari Antoinette were captured and forced to sign the D.R.M. All the food and the King and Queen were brought to Paris.
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The royal family was put under house arrest in Paris . The National Assembly kept forcing the King to sign law after law, andit took more and more power away from the King. The Government turned into a constitunional monarchy. One night the royal family got in there royal carriage using cover of darkness they tried to go to Austria . They were spotted on the Austrain border and brought back to Paris.
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France was at war with almost all of Europe. The French thought that killing the king would stop Europe from attacking them but it didnt work. Europe wanted to stop the Revolution because they didnt wanted their countires to start arevolution.
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The Reign of Terror was 10 month period where thousands of people were guillotined. The people that were executed were suspected enemies of the revolution. Many of the killing were carried out under the orders from Robespierre, until his execution on July 28, 1974.
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Charlotte Corday gained an audience with Marat. Marat was usually in the bath tub due to a skin disease, and as usual he was working uin his bath tub. Corday pulled a knife from her bodice and stabbed him in his chest. Corday waited there for the police, she was arrested and guillotined four days later.
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Nine months after the king was executed , the queen was executed. The queen was arrested and tried for trumped-up crimes against the French republic.
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The National Convention, approved a new constitution that would created France's first bicameral legislature. Power would be in the hands of a five-member Directory.
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Napolean Bonaparte abolished the Directory , and appointed himself France's "first consul." This event marked the end of the French Revolution.
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