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Because of the death of his father, the unready king louis 16th comes to power at the age of just 20. With no experience, this turns disasterous.
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The lead cause for the french revolution is that the king and queen neglected the citezens and the people were in a foot shortge. While the king and queen were living like gods in the palice, the people were starving and dying, which led to rebellion.
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The national assembly was formed on this day. It was because the king was neglecting the 3rd estate so they left and formed the national assembly.
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On this day the national assembly promised to meet every day on a tennis court untill the new constitution was finished.
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On July 14th 1789, thousands of citezens stormed the basitlle in paris france to obtain weapons. They took the bastille and all the gunpowder they could need.
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Legislation sanctioned on 4 August 1789 abolished the Church's authority to impose the tithe. In an attempt to address the financial crisis, the Assembly declared, on 2 November 1789, that the property of the Church was "at the disposal of the nation."
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Linkon this day the national assembly approved the DRM. They wanted it to become the new constitution.
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On this day thousands of women marched all the way to versailles to protest the price of bread, and ended up kidnapping the king.
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On this night the royal family tryed to make a quick escape in order to get to austria to initiate a counter-revolution.
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On sptember 3rd, 1792, the
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On this day, the king who caused the revolution, was killed by the guilotine.
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In this period in the french revolution, people like Maximilien de Robespierre were inforcing the revolution with daily execution of traitors. They used the guillotine to exectute over a thousand people in the time less than a year that this period lasted. It ended when Robespierre told the council that he had a new list of names to execute, as to be like scaring them straight or to warn them, and because of everyone in the council afraid to be killed, they all voted Robespierre a traitor.
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On July 28th, 1794, Maximilien Robespierre was executed without a trial. He was arrested for "Treason" because he told the court he made a new list, and, in fear of being on the list, the court executed Maximilien Robespierre
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From 1793 to 1815, France was engaged almost continuously (with two short breaks) in wars with Britain and a changing coalition of other major powers. The many French successes led to the spread of the French revolutionary ideals into neighboring countries, and indeed across much of Europe. However, the final defeat of Napoleon in 1814 (and 1815) brought a reaction that reversed some – but not all – of the revolutionary achievements in France and Europe. The Bourbons were restored to the throne,
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On this day with help from his friends, Napoleon comes to power in france as a millitary dictator.
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after the revolution was over, the french went through many many different types of government. They had them all exept for a theocracy. In the early 1800s Napolean Bonaparte came to power as a dictator and france took most of europe. After the land was reclaimed by its original owners all of the monarchies were abolished, leaving a huge impact on the world.
