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Deficit spending by the govenment and economic reform
Picture 1France goes into debit because they are spending more than they are making and because of the war. They think that it would be be good to start taxing people, but they only tax the 3rd state and not the first of second. -
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Louis XVI calls the estates- general
Jock prerre says that all people will have to pay taxes and the king decides to fire him and nothing is resolved. -
Parisians storm the Bastille
In Paris the Prisians opened fire and Bastille was killed. He represented years of abuse by his monary. -
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National Assembly Acts
Picture 3Rumers spread which caused men and women to revolt. The king fled to versailles. In Paris, women walked 13 miles in the pouring rain and refused to leave until they were given bread. Church was placed under states control. Constitution and monasterires were elimated. The church wasn't happy about this. Constitution of 1791 reflected enlightenment ideas. -
Civil War
Prussia and Austria wrote the decleration of pilnitz as a threat and France took them seriously. They began getting ready for war. -
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Monarchy is abolished
Monarchy
King Louis XVI was killed by the guilleteen and 10 months later his wife was killed by the same way. Their son was sent to like in poverty and died because of harsh conditions . -
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Robespierre and the reign of terror
Robespierre
Everyone feared for their lives during his reign. He killed 800 people in a typical month by using the guliteen. He was enprisioned and died 2 days later. -
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Thrid stage of the revolution
Moderates produced another consitiution, it had 15 men and was very dictorial and weak. Peace was made with Prussia and Spain, but the war with Austria and Great Britain continued. France turned to Napoleon Bonaparte, who was a famous war veteran. -
Spread Nationalism
everyone wore red liberty caps , they established a national anthem, abolished slavery and set up state schools.
