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Enlightenment
The enlightenment greatly influenced the French Reveloution. Mainly started thoughout 1756, the enlightenment was a time period in which people started freely expressing their ideas of what the people should have and what the king should not. The enlightenment thinkers were called 'philosopheres', whos many ideas included freedom of speech, property, and even the social contract.
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Causes
The French Reveloution was caused by many mistakes King Louis 16th and his wife had created. Thanks to the queen and her parties, and the king and his feasting, France was bankrupt. Loss of money was also dedicated to spending on weapons for the Americans. Also, drought and food shortages had caused bad harvest for the people.
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Tennis Court Oath
When the third estate representatives came to attend the meeting of the estates at the king's palace, they found the doors were locked on their behalf. Furious, the estate represenatives stormed out and onto a nearby tennis court. On the court, the men started writing the "D.R.M.", and swore to finish it. The tennis court oath.
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National Assembly
The National Assembly eas originally part of the third estate. King Louis 16th had set his people into three estates. Two of these estated were excluded from taxs. (first and second) When representatives of the estates assembled to argue their point, the third estate was always outvoted, causing the third estate to break off and form the National Assembly.
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Attack On Bastille
The storming of Bastille occured in Paris, France in most likely the fall. King Louis 16th, King at the time, had upset the people more then they had upset him. Attacking his people, King Louis 16th had practically asked for war. Having only guns but no powder, the citizens broke into the prison Bastille to take the gun powder they needed.
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D.R.M.
The D.R.M. was a document created by the nation assembly. This document stated the rights and liberties they believed every frenchman should have. Many of the ideas were influenced by the declaration of Independance. Also, philososophers played a big role in their decisions.
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Bread March
Also known as the March of Versailles, the bread march started in early October. Thousands of women from Paris marched 12 miles to Versailles toward their hated king. They were armed with broomsticks, lances, pitchforks, swords, pistols, and muskets. They wanted food, and for the king to sign the D.R.M.
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Day of Daggers
A man by the name Lafayette orders the arrest of 400 armed aristocrats. This occured after many attempts to kill him and King Louis 16th. On the day of daggers Lafayette was attempting to quell a disturbance caused by Santerre. In other words, Lafayette and the King had the same-ish idea.
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Royal Escape
The french royal family had dozens of reasons to leave Paris. They were hated, and so at the risk of physical harm as well as threatening. Originally in Versailles, an angry mob had pushed the King into Paris. These events made the King feel like a prisoner.
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Alliance of Austria and France
This alliance was a diplomatic and military alliance decided amongst Austrian rep. and French Rep. This alliance was very crucial in the Seven Years War, where the two combined to crush their common enemy, Prussia. This alliance lasted until about the time the French reveloution began.
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King Louis 16th Death
Well aware he was the most hated man in France, King Louis 16th must have expected a death along with his unforgiving people. King Louis 16th was taken straight to the guillitine, the first of his family to perish this type of death. He tried giving a short speech, but was drowned out by the people's cheers, and the slice of the guillitine.
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Reign of Terror
When the war started, the French army was losing and the Austrian/Prussia army got partly to Paris. Great Britain put a normal blockade on France's ports. AS a result of this, the national assembly went on a killing spree. Murdering anyone against the French Reveloution. This was a big time for the guillitoine. Which chopped over 40,000 heads. This series ended when Maximillien Robespierre was sent to one himself.
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Olympe de Gouges
This was the time period when "The Declaration of Rights of Women and Female Citizen" was written. It was written by Marie Gouze. Inspired by the D.R.M., this document included enlightenment ideas. These ideas leaning towards women however, not men.
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War in the Vendee
The was in the Vendee was a royalist rebellilon, in the Vendee region. This was headed by the Catholic and Royal Army in the North. When the nature of the uprising was taken by surprise, people did not know what to really do. Very similair to the 14th-century Jacquerie peasant uprising.
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Battle of the Pyramids
This battle was between the French army and Egypt in 1798. Napolean Bonaparte started this battle because he basically wanted to show who was boss. It was the battle where Napoleon put into use one of his significant contributions to tactics, the massive divisional square. In this tactic, the first and second demi-brigades of the division formed the front and rear faces, while the third demi-brigade formed the two sides. Which was formed in order to take them by surprise.
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Napolean becomes Dictator of France
Napoleon Bonaparte overthrew the goverment in 1799. He took this lead by foce, by overcoming the King. The people did not seem to mind, however, as he wrote the 4th ever constitution. Overthrowing and dictating was no problem for Napoleon Bonaparte.
http://skolarbete.nu/skolarbeten/french-revolution-and-napoleon/
