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French Government
Money-by 1787 the French government was bankrupt over 400 million livres in debt the 1st and 2nd estates refused to pay taxes -
Bad Harvest
Bad Harvest-1787-1788 had terrible weather, heavy rain, hard winters, too hot summers peasants and farmers make smaller incomes or lose their jobs completely because of inflation *King Louis calls estate general in 1789 and for the fi -
Outdated social systems
The Estates General in France were based on medieval laws and customs that no longer fit with modern day society. -
War
War words between French revolutionaries and European monarchs moved onto the battlefield. -
Invasion
Mob invades the Tuileries palace after meeting at city hall -
Parisians
Crowd of Parisians stormed the royal palace of the Tuileries and slaughtered the king's guards. -
Luois XVI dies
King Louis XVi was executed by order of the national convention. -
Marie Antoinette's death
Marie Antoinette was also executed and the popular press celebrated her death -
Radicals are executed
Radicals execute the king and queen which leads to the reign of terror -
Marseillas Troops
From the port city of Marseillas troops marched to a rousing new song. La Merseillas will later become the French National Anthem -
Toulon
Napoleon drove British forces out of the French port of Toulon -
Robespierre's speech
Robespierre gives a speech explaining why the terror was necessary to achieve the goals of the revolution -
Reign of Terror ends
The End of the Reign of Terror -
Robespierre
Robespierre was arrested -
execution
Robespierre was executed and after the heads of Robesperre and other radicals fell execution slowed dramatically
