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Reign of Louis XIV
- 72 years he ruled.
- His nickname was sun king because he believed that he was the source of all light in the nation.
- Louis XIV thought he was all that and better then everybody else, he built a palace which he forced nobles to live with him. He didnt take any advice or care about what anyone had to say his word was the law.
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Reign of Louis XV
- No man has been more of a king then king XIV, King Louis XV was working on getting France out of debt. He was a good king for France in a lot of ways.
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Louis XVI marries Marie Antoinette
- It was important to France because they were enemies.
- Marie Antoinette was 14 years old when she married Louis.
- In the process Marie Antoinette offened the nobles, adding their condemnation to the scandalous stories.
- The people of France had to blame the countrys bankrupt on someone, and that person was Marie Antoinette. She also was spending money on herself when other people in France were starving.
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Reign of Louis XVI
- Louis XVI ruled from August 23, 1754 till January 21, 1793.
- In response, Louis XVI convenced the Estates- General.
- The middle class thought that King Louis was weak and he was a kind man but was raised to get whatever he wanted.
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Affair of the Diamond Necklace
- During the affair of the diamond necklace the cardinal was arrested and in which he lost his position in court. Mme de la Motte was punished and imprisoned, but escaped to London.
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Louis XVI & Marie Antoinette attempt to escape France
- They were imprisoned in the palace, which led them to try to escape France.
- When they got caugt they were brought back to France and later on were sentenced to death.
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Meeting of the Estates General
- The First Estate, which consist of the Roman Catholic clergy. The Second Estate which consist of Nobles 2% of population and 20% owned the land. The Third Estate consisted Bourgeoisie and city workers also peasants.
- The Third Estate had the most delegates.
- The Estates voted by Estate, one vote per Estate.
- The Estates General meet intermittently until 1614 and rarely afterwards.
- France was in a financial crisis and the king wanted to find a way to solve it.
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Formation of the National Assembly
- The National Assembly was run by delegates from the Third Estates.
- The National Assembly would meet at an indoor tennis court.
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Third Estate leaves the Estates General
- When the Estates General met, the Third Estate broke out with the rest.
- The Third Estates was proclaiming to the Tennis Court Oath.
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Tennis Court Oath
- They pledged to continue to meet until a constitution had been written, despite the royal prohibition.
- King Louis tried to make peace.
- 576 people signed the pledge out of 577 people from the Third Estates.
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Fall of the Bastille
- People were getting no relief from their hunger, so the people rioted.
- The government did not have money to pay for the wars, which led to a mob attack on the prison
- The riots forced the king to change some of his plans.
- After the fall of bastille the peasants burned down the castles of the lords and gave a lot of people rights to take place during the elections.
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National Assembly abolishes feudal rights
- The National Assembly abolished feudalism.
- The National Assembly declared Franch as a rebulic.
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Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen
- The document guaranteed freedom of thought, speech, religion, security, and property, and it put some limits on the power of the government.
- Ideas taken from the English philosopher John Locke and some other philosophes voltaire, montesquieu, and rousseau.
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Women of Paris march to Versailles
- The women marched to versailles to meet the king and they felt the king should be in Paris not versailles.
- When the women got there they attacked the National Assembly and stormed the palace.
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Execution of Louis XVI
- King Louis was tryed for his crimes by the National convention.
- Louis was known as a good king.
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Jean-Paul Marat-death
- Marat joined with Danton and Robespierre and they wanted to bring the king to trial and execution. They would destroy anyone who cared for the old system.
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Reign of Terror
- The Jacobins were responsible for the Reign of Terror.
- There was a law called ``the law of suspects`` which provided the arrest for anyone of the noble familys or anyone that was in the office before the revolution.
- Danton and people who challenged Robespierre and some leaders of San-culottes were targets and were killed.
- People were beheaded in the Reign of Terror.
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Execution of Marie Antoinette
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Jacques Danton-death
- Danton was a leader in the revolution.
- Danton was president of the Jacobin club.
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Maximillien Robespierre-death
- Maximillien was the leading voice of government during the Revolution, he was the man who led the commitee of public safety during Reign of Terror.
- Maximillien belonged to the Jacobin club.
- Robespierre`s made a lot of harsh changes, he forced commoners to pay all the policies of French Monarchy, which nobles had to pay nothing. The money the starving peasants payed was used by the king Louis XVI.
- Robespierre was guillotine without a trial, a chance to fight for his life.
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The Directory
- The middle class people were in control of the Directory.
- Gave most of the power to the people, but only privileges could vote and elect members to government.
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American Declaration of Independence
- The philospher that idea influence the declaration of independence was John Locke.
- The key beliefs are that men have natural rights given by god.
- The philospher that idea influence the declaration of independence was John Locke.
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The Great Fear
- The peasants were fearful which soon the feelings spread into a panic threw parts of France.
- Some places it did not effect because these regions did not support the revolution. The places not effected are Normandy, Brittany, peninsulas to the south of the English channel also lowlands of Flanders.
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Legislative Assembly
- Legislative Assembly tried to declare war on Austria.
- There were demands on modern legislatures and committees, also demand on better health and suppport.
