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Louis XVI
Louis XIV was the king before the fall of the monarchy in France. With the fury of his people they sentenced him to execution along with his wife Marie Antoinette -
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Marie Antoinette
Marie Antoinette was King Louis XIV WIfe during the fall of the France. She was also was executed for the cruel things she did to her people -
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Maximillian Robespierre
Maximillian Robespierre was a lawyer and politician in France. He is one of the most know people for the cause of the Reign of Terror and he once asked to Intensify the Reign of Terror. He also heavily enforced execution as a punishment -
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Napoleon Bonaparte
Napoleon was a great leader who lead the French during the French Revolution from 1804 to 1814 and then briefly in 1815 -
Women's March on Versailles
On October 5, 1789 the Women of Paris were rioting over the high prices and the scarcity of food and bread. It quickly became active to the revolutionaries. They then went to seek liberal political reforms and a constitution of France. This mob grew by the thousands when other started to notice the issue as well. They all marched to the Palace of Versailles, where they then pressed their demands on King Louis. The mob had then compelled the King and Queen to come to Paris to realize the issue. -
The Storm of the Bastille
On July 14, 1789 The state prison on the east side of Paris was attacked by an angry mob. They saw this prison as hatred from the government and pain of the people who were in the prison. -
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Reign of Terror
The Reign of Terror is the label given for the time in France when the First French Republic was established. During this time many people were sentenced to death for small crimes. Many of the executions were very unreasonable and had no purpose.
