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National Assembly                      Abbe Sieyes-

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National Assembly                      Abbe Sieyes-

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"During the time that King Louis called for the meeting of the states General, I voiced my opinions and argued that privilege went against natural law, reason, and community. I did not think that the nobility deserved to have special privileges because they did nothing to earn them. I tried to convince the people that the nobility were like parasites, just taking advantage of French society and taking the benefits of the work of others. I think that the first estate has no room in our society and also has no purpose. Even though I was a member of the first estate of the clergy, I was still well-liked. King Louis XVI had wanted to tax the nobility, who had always been exempt from paying taxes. Traditionally, taxes were first raised on the peasants, but on this occasion, the peasants simply could not bear to pay more. The king had to call the Estates-General together because the two privileged estates did not want to surrender their tax exemptions.Members of the third estate, thanks to the powerful words of me, rethought what they wanted to accomplish because of the Declaration of Independence. We broke away from the Estates-General and formed the National Assembly to be the representative body of France. We used this to vote on matters that concerned France as a nation and to make a constitution that would contribute to all members of society into a social contract. Thanks to me, we turned the absolutist kingdom of France and into the nation of France, governed by a constitutional monarch and its citizens. I helped shape and influence the people because I could speak out against the upper class abusing the lower class."
https://bit.ly/2H3fzEl

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Tennis Court Oath                       George Danton-

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Tennis Court Oath                       George Danton-

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My views have always been at odds with radical leaders, but in my opinion, the Tennis Court Oath was an event that needed to happen. Through my provocative speeches, I wanted to help overthrow the monarchy. The tennis Court Oath was a major step forward in the development of the Revolution. The third estate was being treated very poorly by the other estates and got locked out of the meeting room after the national assembly. They then proceeded to knock down a door to an indoor tennis court and pledged to stay until they made a new constitution. I support this event because during ,y powerful speeches, I became a leader of the convention. As a leader, I made sure that I had a hand in organizing and supplying the war effort. I was a supporter of the French Revolution and I even voted for the execution of Louis XVI. I challenged the people to “be bolder” and I believe this speech helped the country step forward in our search for peace and equality.
https://bit.ly/2ISzxnZ

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The Great Fear                               Michel de Montesson-

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The Great Fear                               Michel de Montesson-

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"It was absolute chaos during the Great Fear, and I never felt safe. It was for good reason because peasants were after nobles. I, Michel de Montesson, was a nobleman and had sat with the second estate at Versailes. Riots broke out everywhere across France. People were in a rage of destruction, ransacking and burning everything in sight in order to achieve what they believed would help them get a fair government. All this commotion began from a small rumor that blew up because of mass hysteria. The rumors were that nobles, like myself, were hiring outlaws to terrorize the peasants. Just because of my social status, I was put at risk and surrounded by crowds with pitchforks and torches constantly. I had lived in fear during this time and because of the estate I was in, I was murdered. Nobles were chased out of their homes, but I was one out of the three murders during the Great Fear. All of this because of a false accusation that spread around France and left the peace unsalvageable."
https://bit.ly/2H1crZE

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The Women's March                         Marie Antoinette-

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The Women's March                         Marie Antoinette-

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"On October 5, 1789, an angry mob of nearly 7,000 working women that were armed with pitchforks, pikes and muskets marched in the rain from Paris to Versailles in what was to be a pivotal event in the intensifying French Revolution. To the beat of a drum, I could hear the women chanting “Bread! Bread!” I do not know the reason, for there was plenty of bread in the castle, enough to go around. They should have appreciated what they had. When the women reached Versailles, their rage was focussed almost solely on me! They accused me of having a  misattributed response to their complaints of being “starving peasants.” I said, “let them eat cake”, which they responded with calling me clueless. 20,000 French National Guardsmen had been dispatched to protect the my family, but the mob still managed to break into the palace to search for me. After all I’ve done for them as a fearless leader! However, it turns out they were only searching for me, so I narrowly escaped by fleeing to the King’s secure apartments through a secret passageway. Two of my bodyguards were not so lucky because their heads impaled on paraded around on pikes. The women then assembled in the palace courtyard and demanded to see me. I eventually emerged, along with my two children, who I used to try to make the women take pity on me, and not hurt me or my family. However, they did demand to see me alone and for ten excruciating minutes, I stood on the balcony with my head bowed while the angry mob below screamed at me. The mob demanded that King Louis XVI distribute the bread that the palace had hoarded to them and come with them back to Paris."
https://bit.ly/2GMNn9q

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Constitution of 1791                     Bertrand de Molleville-

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Constitution of 1791                     Bertrand de Molleville-

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"I, Bertrand de Molleville, think the constitution is far from a masterpiece. It has created limited constitutional monarchy and has stripped my beloved king of much of his power. The constitution in itself has many problems with it. Many say the constitutional was compromised by the “betrayal” of the king, but I think it was doomed from the beginning. All the king did was try to reach safety away from France and now he has returned with radical enemies. Many say he has “sealed his fate”, but I couldn’t agree in the slightest, and I stand for the King and The Old Regime. I will do anything to protect them, and the constitution needs to have some changes made to it. It’s just an observation, but there’s nothing I can do now because I have an oath to keep. My opinion, that I can back up from allowed observations, is that the constitution has to go because the people need to be put in place and order needs to be restored. The only way that we can do that is if the people are told that their precious constitution is unworkable."
https://bit.ly/2Xr092r

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Robespierre's Reign of Terror   Maximilen Robespierre-

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Robespierre's Reign of Terror   Maximilen Robespierre-

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"The national convention made a group called Committee of public safety for sure the safety of the public by reporting suspected anti-revolutionists and executing them. I, Maximillion Robespierre, was elected head of this committee and the events that followed my election are known as the Reign of Terror. I quickly became a dictator over the people of France, arresting 300,000 and executing 17,000 suspected enemies of the revolution from September 1793 to July 1794. On July 27, 1794, my allies and I were arrested and taken to prison in Paris where I was refused entrance to the prison. I then fled to hotel Dave Hill where I perceived the news that the national convention cleared me an outlaw. After hearing the news, I felt the need to escape and I attempted to shoot myself. In the process, the only thing injured was my jaw. The evening after my attempted suicide, my allies, as well as myself were executed by the guillotine."
https://bit.ly/2n6oojP

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War with Austria and Prussia     Marquis de Lafayette-

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War with Austria and Prussia     Marquis de Lafayette-

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"Throughout my life, I became a leader of the liberal aristocrats and an outspoken advocate of religious toleration. I remained an aristocrat with connections to many members of the royal family. I believed heavily in the freedom of France because of what I had experienced during the American Revolution alongside my friend, George Washington. As the French Revolution began, I continued to support the government of Louis XVI and the idea of a constitutional monarchy. I was then elected as a representative of the nobility to the Estates- General in May 1789. I also supported how the third estate broke away from the estates general meeting and created the national assembly. After the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen was made, other countries watched changes in France with alarm and they tried to take action. Austria and Prussia urged France to give King Louis’ position back. In result of that, 20,00 men and women invaded the palace. I was forced to escort the royal family to Paris, where we became hostages of the revolution. People in the third estate believe that invading the palace and taking physical action is the only way to create unity, but I’m afraid that it will only created mass hysteria. I do not want people to die for the reason that they think it will help France because I believe in France. However, the situation of the war is not helping the situation and is making things worse."
https://bit.ly/2U9NYFj

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Execution of King Louis XVI         King Louis XVI-

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Execution of King Louis XVI         King Louis XVI-

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"I ascended to the Royal throne in 1774 and proved to be immediately unworthy for the position. I was extremely indecisive and indolent, which was apparent when I ignored the pleas from the third estate about starvation and the inability to pay the debilitating tax of half their income. In October, 1789, an angry mob merged into Versailles, so in fear of getting attacked, my wife and I moved to the Tuileries. There, we hid from the angered French people. The opposition against us became so powerful that we attempted to flee to Australia, where Marie Antoinette was born. We were stopped at the border between the two countries and we were caught trying to flee. We were taken back to Paris where we received horrible backlash after attempting to flee and became traders of France. The French people lost trust in me, so after a very close decision, I was sent to the guillotine to be executed on January 21, 1793."