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Louis XIV ruled for 72 years, His nick name was Sun king; he gave it to himself because he thought that he was the nation’s center. He ruled like he was the center of everything and everyone around him.
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Louis XV and Louis XIV ruled the same way because they both lived very extravagant live styles and both of their governments failed.
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The marriage was important because the 2 countries had often been enemies. Marie Antoinette was 15 years old when she got married; she was not viewed greatly by anyone because she spent so much money on herself. She could’ve spent money, but not as much and given more money and energy towards France
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Louis XVI ruled for 19 years, His response to the middle class during his reign was very little at all.
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John Locke’s ideas greatly influenced the declaration of independence
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Some random countess told the cardinal regain being the queens favourite. She made letters to the cardinal and set up a fake meeting with the queen. He bought diamonds that he couldn’t afford and he got screwed over
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The 3 estates are the first clergy, third-middle class, second aristocrats
The third class had the most delegates
They voted by ASA bloc
They rarely met, the last meeting they had was in 1614
The king wanted money from the Estates General -
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Count Mirabeau led the formation of the National Assembly
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The pledge was that they had to meet until France had a new government
The democratic reforms were rejected
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The people were rioting because of the high prices of bread
They attacked the prison to free the political prisoners
The responded by sending foreign mercenary groups to France and Versailles
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The peasants were in panic and they started storming the Chateaux, they also started to kill thousands of people
The isolated areas of France were not affected as much as the rest of France -
The national assembly ended all feudal rights and privileges and ended serfdom
The national Assembly declared that all people are equal before law -
The document guarantees the freedom of speech, the freedom of thought, religion, security, and property. They also put limits on the power of the government
It drew ideas from John Locke, Voltaire, Montesquieu and Rousseau -
The women marched to Versailles because of the food crises and they felt that the king was out of touch with the city
When they got to Versailles they attacked the National Assembly -
They tried to escape France because Louis XVI wanted the monarchy hacked
When they got caught Louis XVI was forced to accept France’s new constitution -
The first thing that the legislative assembly tried to establish was a workable government but it was doomed to failure
There was just too many groups struggling for power, like the Radicals wanted a republic monarchy and the Moderates wanted a constitutional monarchy -
The national convention decided to try the king for his crimes
When Louis XVI went to trial he was known as Citizen Louis Capet -
Marat was a very radical leader
He was murdered in his bath by Charlotte Corday -
The revolutionary government was responsible for the reign of terror
Suspect, reorganization of Special Forces and laws to regulate business
Anyone who disagreed with radical Jacobin was a target
People were executed with the guillotine -
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Danton opposed too many deals with the monarchy. He was also prepared to bring the king to trial and execution
He belonged to the National Assembly -
He had the same roles as Danton
He belonged to the same political club as Danton
Under Robespierre dictatorship the metric system was introduced, the revolutionary calendar was introduced and new schools and universities opened up for education
Robespierre was guillotined. It is ironic because anyone who didn’t agree with him was guillotined and then he got guillotined. -
The middle class was in control of the directory
They gave most of the power to the people of poverty