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Causes of the French Revolution (1700-1789)

jtirado2028 — 2024-09-20 17:52:35 UTC

There was a young king and queen ruling over the country. The queen was crowned at 18 and the king 20.Unfortunately since they were young they had no sense of responsibility. The king was sending money for the American revolution while the queen was spending ridiculous amounts of money on her appearance.At the time there was a very big issue with starvation.The king and queen were basically careless while prices of grains were raising in price so it was hard to make bread and grow crops because of the difficult weather. Along with starvation and food prices rising the lower class people were forced to pay taxes.

The meeting of the states general (may 4-5 1789)

jtirado2028 — 2024-09-20 18:01:50 UTC

On May 4th (1789) the last grand ceremony of the Ancien Régime was held in Versailles: From all over France, 1,200 deputies came to be at this event.The king himself was wearing an overcoat of golden fabric and was surrounded by the most important Officers to the Crown. On the kings hate he wore the largest diamond in the kingdom.The queen was wearing a gold and silver dress. The king was cheered, but not the queen Monseigneur de La Fare, bishop of Nancy, gave his famous speech. For the first time in history a bishop was applauded in a church.

The Tennis Court Oath June 20th (1789)

jtirado2028 — 2024-09-24 18:34:56 UTC

The tennis court oath happened on June 20th 1789 with the third estate. It was a very dramatic act, at the tennis court oath the men of the assembly swore an oath to never stop meeting with each other until the constitution was completely established. Luckily it was a very peaceful protest at the time yet very dramatic while the whole point of the protest was fighting for the limiting of powers of the monarch by creating a constitution for the French people which would obviously limit the power the monarchs have.

storming of the Bastille July 14 1789

jtirado2028 — 2024-09-25 18:42:12 UTC

the storming of the bastilles took place on July 14 1789 in Paris France.The French people used their weapons for armory as they marched to the royal fortress. After that the crowd broke into bastilles as they released a big amount of prisoners there. Around 98 attackers and one single defender lost their lives by fighting or as simple as just by being wounded. They fought for about 4 hours in total resulting in many peoples death or severely injured somehow. During the bastilles alot of people were in search for gun powder and weapons which led to the mob.

the establishment of the French Republic (September 27 1792)

jtirado2028 — 2024-09-26 18:49:35 UTC