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causes of the French Revolution
Some things that caused the French Revolution were that the country was bankrupt, they had bad leadership, and they had a bad harvest. Other causes were the Estate System and the Enlightenment. Class notes. -
National assembly created
since the first and second estate outvoted the third, the third decided to creat their own parliament called the "national assembly". The national assembly would represent the french people. class notes. -
D.R.M.
The national assembly wanted to create a document with rights of the french people. This document was called the Declaration of Rights of Man. class notes -
tennis court oath
When the national assembly found they were locked out from their meeting room, they were forced to meet at a tennis court. Here, they planed to create the D.R.M. They also made the tennis court oath, which meant they would keep meeting until the D.R.M. was completed. class notes -
attack on the bastille
when king Louis 16 surounded the city of Paris with troops, the people of Paris broke out in panic for weapons and gunpowder. Thet needed to attack the bastille, where the city's gunpowder supply was. class notes -
bread march
thousands of armed women from Paris marched to Versaillie to get King Loius 16 to sign the D.R.M. and to get food. The thousands of women broke through the gates, slaughtered the guards, and captured King Loius 16 and Marie Antoinette and forced them to sign the D.R.M. class notes -
royal escape
one night, the royal family took the royal carriage to try to flee to Austria.they were unsucessful. they were caught right outside the Austria national border and were brought back to Paris. class notes -
death of King Louis 16
some time after the royal family's failed escape, King Louis 16 was ordered to be executed. As a result, many countries declare war on France and invade. class notes -
reign of terror
the reign of terror was a time in the French Revolution where anyone against the revollution was beheaded. 40,000 people, including Marie Antoinette, were sent to the guillotine, class notes -
Napoleon Bonaparte's million man army
after Napoleon became military dictator of France, he led many wars in Europe against many countries including Spain, Portugal, Prussia, and the Austian Empire. class notes -
results of French revolution
one result was the church lost most of its power. another result was that France was no longer the three estates. so,the third estate gained the most from from the revolution and the first and second lost everything. class notes
