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Maximilien Robespierre
Was one of the most important French Revolution leaders. He received a law degree and later became a member of the National Convention, where he preached democracy and advocated suffrage (right to vote) for all adult males.
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Olympe de Gouges
Wrote the declaration of rights for women. She wrote plays and pamphlets refused to accept the exclusion of women. She penned the Declaration of the Rights of Women and the Fmale Citizen.
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King Louis XVI
King Louis XVI was excuted in 1793. -
The French Revolution and Napoleon
The French Revolution had began in 1789. Napoleon was crowned Emperor in 1804 -
The Declaration of the Rights of Man
The right to liberty, property, security and resistance to oppression. Reflected Enlightenment. Freedom and equal rights for all men, an end to exemption from taxation. -
Background of Revolution
The year 1789. The beginning of a new United States of America and the beginning of the French Revolution. Compared with the American Reolution the French Revolution was more complex ,violent also far more radical. -
Napoleon
Napoleon is crowned Emperor in 1804 -
Financial Crisis
Bad harvest, slowdown in manufacturing, food shortages, rising prices of food and unemployment. Costly wars and court luxuries. Louis XVI was forced to call a meeting of the Estates-General (the French -
Duke of Wellington and army defeat Napoleon
Duke of wellington and his army had defeated Napoleon wat Waterloo.
