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King Louis becomes the king of France
King Louis became the king after his grandfather died. Louis was only twenty years old at the time and he was very childish. He wanted to be a good king but he had big debt and he was a suck up. -
Tennis Court Oath
The tennis court oath was run by the third estate. The tennis court oath was meant to have France make a constitution. It took place in an indoor tennis court. -
Storming of the Bastille
The storming of the Bastille was meant so that the french citizens could get weapons. while they were in there, they let a couple prisoners go. they started taking bricks and other things off to dismantle the Bastille. -
Lafayette becomes National Guard Commander
Lafayette went to the United States with no military experience. Lafayette served in four wars before becoming a commander, brandywine, barren hill, Monmouth and Rhode island. He became very loved in the United States. -
Great Fear
It started when the pheasants started robbing the estates. When the pheasants came to an estates persons house, they would rob them a kill them. They would also destroy very important documents. -
King returns to Paris
While they were gone, the citizens gathered around Tuileries Palace. When he got back he talked to Prussia and Austria. He talked to them because he wanted protection from the angry people -
King accepts constitution
King Louis accepted it formally. After he signed it, it formed a constitutional monarchy. The constitutional monarchy didn't last very long. -
King Louis is executed
He tried to kill himself, but he blew his jaw out. He gets killed because he is accused of treason. He gets his head cut off by the guillotine. -
Reign of Terror
It was lead by Maximilian Robespierre. They executed anyone that was against the revolution. After all the executions, The city of Paris stunk very bad. -
Napoleonic control
Napoleon's empire was very successful. It was very successful for two years. It stood very tall.
