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Enlightenment
The ideas of Enlightenment spread to france people and they wanted a better goverment for them because of those ideas. The ideas fueled thier ambition to change the way the goverment is. -
Comparison of the American Revolution
A writer named Edmund Burke supported the American Revolution but disliked the French Revolution. He thought it wasn't right. The only similarties was that they were influnced by Philosphes. -
Economic Troubles
The ecinomic state of France was really bad and the third estate were the only ones being taxed and when ever they wanted to vote to change something they were always out voted. Food cost so much and after they bought food they barely had any money -
Rising middle class
They had alot of money and they wanted things to change. They supported the Enlightenment. -
Government Corruption
The king wouldn,t help the third estate and would put his friends in high places in the goverment. He also didn't want to mess with the first estate -
Estates General
When all three estates would gather togthier to make a vote on something, but each estae got one vote so the third would get out numbered because the secind and the first wanted to saty rich they would come togthier -
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French Revolution
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Storming of the Bastille
There was a rumor that troops were coming to where they were so they want to go get weapons from Bastille in which they succeced it and got weapons. -
Execution of Louis XVI
They blamed everything on him and excuted him infront of everyone. -
The Great Terror
The safety commite started to kill people they though wasnt loya to the French revoulution -
End of the Great Terror
Some of the members in the safty commity were excuited and that caused the end of the great terror. -
Rise of Napoleon
The directory asked Napoleon for help, but he diecied to overthrow them and make a different goverment after that he deocided to make himself emporer -
Fall of Napoleon
He was defeated by the British navy and after he tried to invade Russia where most of his army died. Which caused him to lose reputation with the people from France and they sent him to an island.
