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the old Order
in the 1770's the King Louis XVI had organised the people in a very inconvenient way. the Rich weren't taxed, the religious people were taxed 2% of their winnings and the poor people which had also the medium class people who were the one who owned businesses and the workers 50% of their winnings. -
The Forces of Change
Ideas started arriving in France which helped the people see other points of view. But the Rich wanted to remain in power and didn't aprove of these ideas. and the religious people wanted the new ideas because then the people could have a better life and the church and the state was already separated. -
The Tenis Court Oath
The third Estate was outraged with the poor decisions of the king and the spending of the queen wastes most of te money playing cards. So the people gathered together to make an oath on a tenis court, it was the only place available, to plan a revolution against the monarchy. -
Storming the bastille
After the Tenis Court Oath the King sent his mercenary army to guard the city for uprisings and the people started making up a rumor that the king was going to kill the Third estate, the poor people, so they stormed the Bastille and liberated the prisioners to show the king that they could defend themselves and that the king was not fit for ruling. -
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Fear in France
fear enters the peoples minds and rumors start that the nobles are hiring outlaws to attack the peasants and the peasants became outlaws. the Third Estate started revolts to make the government do what the people need and want. -
National Assembly Renounce Feudal Rights.
Nobles in the National Assembly had to renounce these rights because they saw that they weren't helping the country and formed the Jacobin Club to help. -
the March to Versailles
Women lead delegation to King in Versailles demanding bread. After scuffles, they are fobbed off by the King. -
Royal Family escapes to Austria
When the Revolution got to powerful some loyal advisors told the king to flee the country and never come back but before arriving at Austria they caught him and returned him to Paris. -
Execution of The King
In January 21, 1793 King Louis XVI was executed publicly in front of his people his head was chopped of and shown to the crowd -
Execution of Marie Antonniette
In October 16, 1793 months after her husbands execution she was trailed with the revolutionary Tribunal of high treason and executed by the guillotine .
