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Jacques Necker
Jacques was hired by king Louis XVI, as a director general of finances. He was hired to help solve the financial problems that the 3rd estate was getting tired of and the past kings let happpen. This needed to occur to maybe stop a revolution form occurring. There for Mr. Necker provided ideas to dissipate the problems. For example, the 1st and 2nd estate should starts paying taxes and they should reduce extravagant spending as a whole. But, they wanted their, money so the fired Jacques Necker. -
The Storming of the Bastille
The bastile was a place where poeple that made the king angry were in-prisoned. When the storm occurred, it was that push to really get the French revolution into swing. The revolutionaries decided to strom the Bastille because, it was such a symbol ( of royal authority) to the 1st estate, 2nd estate, and the king. To the Parisian revolutionaries, they thought is was more of a symbol of tyranny. Therefore the decided to attack and take over the Bastille. -
The invention of the Guillotine
The Guillotine (aka The National Razor) was a weapon invented in the French Revolution. The person who was known as a trader or was royal award the king, would place there neck in a circle from where they cannot move and a HUGE blade would come down upon their head and chop it complealty off. This happen as a significant way to quickly kill people in the French Revolution. For them, it was quick, painless for the accused person, and was an efficient killing weapon. -
Napoleon Bonaparte elected Emperor of France
After the French Revolution, Napoleon Bonaparte was elected the Emperor of France. After all the years of violence in the Revolution they, now have a leader who changed up the system for good. He DID finally make the following actually occur, religious tolerance, peasants can now have land, jobs are based on talent, and he controlled prices which made everyone better fed. This was a HUGE change from what happened when the king was leading. In return, now made the original revolutionaries happy. -
Napoleon defeated by Russia
Napoleon Bonaparte was defeated by Russia. When he entered Moscow, he had 600,000 troops but when he left, he had 20,000 troops. He got nailed with Russia's Scorched Earth policy. Therefore, he reputation as a good leader was now shattered. When he returned to France he was in-prisoned. Later on, Louis XVIII was put back on the throne.
