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Spending Deficit and Economic Reform
Spending Deficit and Economic ReformLouis XV, who pursued pleasure before serious business and ran up more debt. Louis XVI, have wisely choose Jacques Necker, a financial expert, as an advisor. Necker urged the king to reduce extravangant court spending, reform government, and abolish burdensome tariffs on internal trade. When Necker proposed taxing to first and second estates, the nobles high clergy forced the king to dismiss him. -
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Louis XVI Calls the Estates - General
Louis XVI Calls the Estates - GeneralThe king summon the body of repersentatives of the three estates to help reform -
Storm of the Bastille
More than 800 parisians assembled outside the bastille, a medieval fortress for political, and the crowd wanted weapons and gunpowder. -
Threats from abroad
The king of prussia and the emperor of Austria who was Marie Antoinette's brother - issued the Declaration of Pilnitz. The declaration may have been mostly a bluff, but revolutionaries in France took threat seriously and prepare for war. -
Monarchy is abolished
A croud of parisians stormed the royal palace of the Tuileries ans slaughtered the king's guards, royal family fled to the legislature assembly to escape brfore the mob arrived. -
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Spread of Nationalism
Spread of NationalismThe monarchs centralized power, loyalty shifted to the revolution to defend the nation itself. Nationalism, a strong feeling of pride in and devotion to one's country, spread thoughout France. -
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Robespierre and the Reign of Terror
Robespierre and Reign of TerrorRobespierre was one of the cheif architects of the Reign of Terror. Revolutionary courts conducted hasty trials. In Feb. 5, 1794, Robespierre explained why the terror was necessary to achieve the goals of the revolution.
