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The Great Fear
The worst famine in the history of france. Peasants were not seeking any food, if so little. The Peasants feared that the nobles were "seeking greater priveleges" and eating, letting them starve. -
A Crisis
Louis XVI and his sucessors used tax exploitation to gain all of their money. This caused unemployment and the peoples were not happy. The french peoples hated the french government for this. Later france was declared bankrupt in 1788. -
Fall of The Bastille
There were riots over bread because the bread was too overpriced. Mobs began attacking the bastille because of the lack of bread. Prisoners were realeased and the bastille was later destroyed. -
The Decloration of the Rights of Man and Citizen
The national assembly vigorously worked to find and establish a new constitiution. Everyone was later given the title citizen. They set human rights the government could not overlook. -
Paris and the King
Crowds of strong fisherman women marched to versailled to meet the king. They wanted to abolish the socio political system for equal rights for everyone. They wanted to kill Marie Antoinette. -
Spirit of Revolution Grows
People sensed change was coming. Atfer 6 weeks the 3rd estate broke off to form the national assembly. All the estates talked about the new socio-political system. People knew history was being made. -
The Estates General
Louis set a meeting with the estates general to find a solution for bankruptcy. They set in a seires of events which abolished monarchy. They added a completely new socio-political system.
