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Government's debt
The government was in debt for the huge spending of the king Louis XVI and the queen Marie Antoinette. Also, they were in debt from the previous kings. To add on, king Louis borrowed a big amount to help the colonists in the American revolution, since Great Britain was France's rival. -
Problems start to rise
Due to bad weather, crops started die, the bread's price started to double, taxes started to increase, and many people were suffering of starvation. -
Debt problems
King Louis XVI asked the bankers to lend the government some more money, but they refused because of the big debt the government had. -
Tax solution
The first meeting after 175 years was heled at Versailles with a representative of all three estates to approve the king's new tax solution -
Absolute monarchy-representative government
The people voted to to end absolute monarchy and to start representative government. This was the first act of the revolution -
Tennis Court Oath
The Third Estate found themselves locked out of their meeting room so they broke down a indoor tennis court door. In there, they pledged to stay until they came up with a new constitution -
Bastille day
A symbolic act of the French revolution was the fall of the Bastille. It is like the 4th of July to the Americans -
Louis tries to escape
Some of king Louis' advisers warned him and his family that they were in danger so they decided to escape France and do to Austrian Netherlands. But as they approached the boarder, they were captured and returned to Paris under guard. -
New constitution
The National assembly completed the new constitution which was approved by king Louis XVI. This new constitution made the government a limited constitutional monarchy, and created the Legislative Assembly which had the power to create laws and approve/reject declarations of war. -
End of terror
The French revolution ended when Robespierre went to the guillotine after the members of the National Convention turned on him and demanded his arrest and execution. Robespierre became leader of the Committee of Public Safety and governed France as a dictator.
