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March on Versailles
The women set out on a march from Paris to Versailles in the hopes to get bread for it was too expensive for them to buy. They were armed with pitchforks and pikes and muskets. To the beat of a drum, the woman chanted “Bread! Bread!”- for despite the fertile French soil, the populace of Paris were starving while The King and Marie Antoinette continued to feast at their salubrious country’s gaffe. -
Call of the Estate General
The French Revolution started because of King Louis XVI. France was losing a plethora of money and was on the verge of bankruptcy. King Louis XVI lavishly spent money and during the American Revolution France gave a generous contribution. This series of events led up to the French Monarch convening to the Estate General to order a new land tax levy which the King hoped will ease his difficulty. The Estate General consisted of the clergy, the middle class and the lower class citizens. -
Tennis Court Oath
On the morning of June 20, the deputies were shocked to discover that the chamber door was locked and guarded by soldiers. Immediately fearing the worst and anxious that a royal attack by King Louis XVI was imminent, the deputies congregated in a nearby indoor tennis court where they took a solemn collective oath "not to separate, and to reassemble wherever circumstances require until the constitution of the kingdom is established". -
Storming of the Bastille
The Bastille is a French prison which is located in Paris, France.On the afternoon of July 14, 1789, the Bastille was stormed by an angry and aggressive mob.The Bastille only held seven prisoners at the time but the mob didn’t come for them.They came for the huge ammunition storages that were kept in the prison. The governor wasn’t complying with the mob, so after a violent battle the mob seized control of the Bastille and the governor was killed with his head put on a spike for everyone to see. -
Overthrow of the monarchy
The overthrow of the monarchy occurred on the 10th of August 1792. This was the day in which the French revolutionaries over threw the monarchy because they found Louis XVI guilty of treason. -
Maximilien Robespierre
Maximilien Robespierre has always provoked strong feelings. For the English, he is the ‘sea-green incorruptible’ portrayed by Carlyle, the repellent figure at the head of the Revolution, who sent thousands of people to their death under the guillotine. There is no national monument to him, though many of the revolutionaries have had statues raised to them. Robespierre is still considered beyond the pale; only one rather shabby metro station in a poorer suburb of Paris bears his name. -
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The Reign of Terror
After the death of Louis XVI in 1793, the Reign of Terror began. The first victim was Marie Antoinette. She had been imprisoned with her children.First, they took her son Louis Charles. He disappeared under suspicious circumstances. Then she led off a parade of prominent and not-so-prominent citizens to their deaths. Public executions were considered educational. The Revolutionary Tribunal ordered the execution of 2,400 people in Paris by July 1794. Across France, 30,000 people lost their lives. -
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The Rise and Fall of Napoleon Bonaparte
"Napoleon Bonaparte (Napoleon I) was a French military leader and emperor who conquered much of Europe in the early 19th century. After seizing political power in France, he crowned himself emperor in 1804. Napoleon successfully waged war against various coalitions of European nations and expanded his empire. However, after the disastrous French invasion of Russia in 1812, as well as the crushing defeat at the Battle of Waterloo, Napolean was abdicated and was exiled to Saint Helena. Died at 51. -
Napoleon was Exiled from the island of Elba.
During the French Revolution, Napolean attempted to invade Russia in 1812. However, this was disastrous and two years later, Napoleon abdicated the throne two years later and was exiled to the island of Elba. -
Napoleon Exiled to Saint Helena
In 1815, Napoleon briefly returned to power in his Hundred Days campaign. After a crushing defeat at the Battle of Waterloo, he abdicated once again and was exiled to the island of Saint Helena. -
Château d'If Closes
On chapter 69, we're told that Château d'If closed down and was turned into a tourist attraction. This happened in real life too as
