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causes of the french revolutiom
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causes of the french revolution
1)bankrupted
2)bad leadership
3)bad harvest
4)the estate system
5)the enlightenment source:
my notes
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Causes_of_the_French_Revolution
http://www.bonjourlafrance.com/france-facts/france-history/causes-of-the-french-revolution.htm -
national assembly
the 3rd estate were outraged of the 1st and 2nd estate so they formed a national assembly & it would represent the french people. source:
my notes
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Assembly_(French_Revolution)
http://www.infoplease.com/encyclopedia/history/french-revolution-the-estates-general-national-assembly.html -
the tennis court oath
the oath was the 3rd estate would keep meeting until the DRM was completed.this document was created by the national assembly. source:
my notes
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tennis_Court_Oath
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/third-estate-makes-tennis-court-oath -
cause 1
bankrupted,they had fought in & spent a lot of money fighting against england. -
cause 3
bad harvest, prior to the revolution france had severe droughts. -
attack on the bastille
thousands of parisians attack the fort & successfully get the gun powder. the storming of the bastille is the official start of the french revolution. the king was hunting for meat during all of it. source:
my notes
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Storming_of_the_Bastille
http://bastille-day.com/history/storming-of-the-bastille-july-14-1789 -
cause 2
the queen was spending a ton of money. -
DRM
the national assembly created a declaration called the declaration of the rights of man or DRM.there is 17 articles of DRM talking about the rights french men should have. source:
my notes
http://avalon.law.yale.edu/18th_century/rightsof.asp
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Declaration_of_the_Rights_of_Man_and_of_the_Citizen -
the bread march
thousands of woman from paris marched the 12 miles from paris to versailles. they were armed with many different things they wanted food and king louis 16th to sign the DRM. source:
my notes
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women's_March_on_Versailles
http://www.pccua.edu/keough/march_to_versailles.htm -
royal escape
The royal family tries to escape but fails.Causes them to get trialed and them are guilty.Trialed to death. source:
my notes
http://www.monticello.org/site/research-and-collections/french-revolution -
war
austria, prussia,spain,portugal,britain,& the dutch republic declared war on france & invaded. source:
my notes
brooklyns notes
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Revolutionary_Wars -
death of king louis 16
he was kiled by the guillotine source:
my notes
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_XVI_of_France
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Execution_of_Louis_XVI -
reign of terror
the national assembly killed everybody who was against the french revolution. source:
my notes
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reign_of_Terror
http://www.historywiz.com/terror.htm -
1799-1815
napoleon leads his million man army & they take overmost of europe. -
family members in charge
rule during the enightenment ideas.when a country was taken over, the frnch revolution &enlghtenment ideas spread to that country.
source:
my notes
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Bonaparte
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napoleon -
results of the french revolution
end to the monarchy in europe,church lost most of its power,people have rights and freedom, source:
my notes
http://www.infoplease.com/encyclopedia/history/french-revolution-effects-revolution.html
brooklyns notes
