French Revolution by Lori Hancock

Bastille Day- France Independence Day when peasants stormed the prison to show Louis they mean business

lhancock — 2025-09-30 14:38:22 UTC

the storming of the bastille during the French revolution

ryaalf — 2025-10-01 12:08:42 UTC

Diamond Necklace Affair - The Day that Marie Antoinette's Doppelganger had sold a watch given to her by a Rich Official, who then blamed the real Marie Antoinette for the wrongdoing

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Bastille Day. Independence day for France when people went to the prison so strike against king Louis

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October days-The "October Days" of the French Revolution, also known as the Women's March on Versailles, occurred on October 5 and 6, 1789

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Bastille Day- France independence Day on July 14th 1789 when the 3rd estate stormed into a prison to show Louis XVI they are serious about what they say

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The Reign of Terror

brecox — 2025-10-01 13:02:09 UTC

The period in time where Revolutionists cut off people's heads for being against the revolution or being loyal to the monarchy.

October Days- Women's March on Versailles, known as the October Days, and October 1587, when Filipino explorers first landed in North America.

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The October Days - centered on the Women's March on Versailles on October 5–6, 1789. Thousands of armed Parisian women and their allies marched 12 miles to the royal palace to demand bread and force the king to address their grievances.

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October Days

kelsim1 — 2025-10-01 13:03:04 UTC

October Days was a women's march on Versailles, these women maarched to the Palace of Versailles to lower the cost of bread and the high costs of living.

"Bastille Day" is the Independence Day for France, when people went to the prison to rebel against King Louis

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Marie Antoinette

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Marie Antoinette was the Austrian-born queen of France who, after marrying King Louis XVI, became a symbol of the monarchy's extravagance and detachment from the impoverished populace during the French Revolution. Her life of luxury and scandal, though partly exaggerated by propaganda, led to widespread resentment. Following the revolution, the royal family was imprisoned, and she was executed by guillotine in 1793

October Days- French women peasants March around the Palace of Versailles with pitchforks because of the bread prices

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Let them eat cake!

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Marie Antoinette never said "Let them eat cake." It was just a myth. It symbolized their ignorance and indifference to the poor. The working class couldn't afford food and having her say "Let them eat cake." was highly offensive because they could barely afford bread.

Thing we learned

2025-10-01 13:04:25 UTC

The most interesting thing I learned from this chapter was probably Bastille day. It showed that even today that when people don't get what they want they will still riot and try to convince the government to change their mind. This was a very important day in France. It represents their freedom.

Bastille Day

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French Independence day where the French people stormed a prison called the Bastille on July 14, 1789.

Tennis Court Oath

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It was a day that the 3rd estate was making speeches in the tennis court talking about the unfair taxes

Napoleon Bonaparte

2025-10-01 13:07:36 UTC

The Dictator that led France into a new era with great victories and an economic future. He gained much new land for France and they created an arch in his name.

"Let them eat cake!" - Marie Antoinette

addgut — 2025-10-01 13:07:54 UTC

Marie Antoinette never said "Let them eat cake". It was made up to make Marie look even more spoiled than she already seemed. The people of France were very offended by this, because of how high the bread prices were.

Bastile Day

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France Independence Day when the storming of the prison took place. It sparked the French revolution and the rise of democracy in France

Tennis Court Oath

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The Tennis Court Oath, was an event that happened in 1788 when Louis XVI held an Estates General Meeting. Although instead of it being a calm meeting the people of the 3rd estate stormed the court asking for lowered taxes and bread costs. Louis however, did not listen to them so they had an oath arranged. This oath said they would not leave until the king made improvements.

The Reign of Terror.

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The Reign of Terror was during the French Revolution that Maximilien Robespierre started leading. Anyone that didn't like the revolution got their heads cut off by the guillotine. King Louis XVI, Marie Antoinette, and even Maximilien were also killed by the guillotine during the Reign of Terror. It was an 11 month period of endless violence that killed over 17,000 people.

Marie Antoinette never said, "Let them eat cake!"

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Bastille day

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like America's independence day but called french independence where the french people stormed a prison on July 14, 1789

Diamond Necklace Affair

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When Maire Antoinette's doppelganger went out and found her rich offical and then proceeded to take the diamond necklack and sell all the different pieces of it. Everyone then blamed Maire for the whole thing.

Bastille Day

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When France gained independence by storming into a prison

Old Order System

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The pyramid between the King, Queen, Church, and the Rich nobles didn't have to pay taxes, while 97 percent of other citizens had to pay.

October Days

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October days was when the women went to the Palace of Versailles and marched around it trying to get Louis to lower bread prices. Louis and Marie Antoinette ignored them.

Let them eat cake

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The background of the story is that Marie Antoinette was told that the peasants were starving, and said “let them eat cake.” She didn't offer cake, she was saying that if they didn't have bread, they should just eat cake instead. It showed how out of touch the wealthy/royalty were.

The Diamond Necklace Affair

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Marie Antoinette's doppelganger met with a cardinal and accepted a diamond necklace, posing as Marie. The doppelganger then separated the necklace and sold it off in pieces. This made Marie look worse to the people and greedier. They didn't know that it wasn't actually Marie.

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Bastille Day - When the people of France stormed the prizon and the begining of the revolution other wise nown as Frances Indapendince day.

Napoleon Bonapart- Dictator that led the french after Louis the 16th died. He had an era with a great economy.

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Marie Antoinette

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Marie Antoinette- She was King Louis's wife and she was from Australia. All she tried to do was to gain the approval of the French people. She was beheaded with her husband.

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Bastille Day- they took over the prison and stole only 7 prisoners and ammunition.

2 time

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it took them 2 times to chop through king louis head.

"Let them eat cake"

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The phrase "let them eat cake" supposedly said by Marie Antoinette upon learning that the peasants had no bread. The phrase meant that it was a luxury bread enriched with eggs and butter, it would reflect the princess's obliviousness to the nature of a famine. Many think she never uttered the phrase, but she did not realize how poor some of the third estate truly was.

The Diamond Necklace Affair

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Someone posed as Marie Antoinette and met up with an official to buy the diamond necklace. People looked at Marie differently and started disliking her for "selling the necklace in fragments", but it wasn't her who did it.

REGION OF TERROR

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It was a period of time in which any person against the monarchy would have their heads chopped off by Maximilian and revolutionists.

Chili P is his signature

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Diamond Necklace Affair

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A church official was in love with Marie Antoinette, and a fake Marie met up with the official, took the diamond necklace, broke it, and sold it to make Marie Antoinette look like she had committed the act.

October Days

abbkne — 2025-10-01 15:21:25 UTC

When the women of France rebelled and stood up to the government during October. They asked King Louis to listen and lower the cost of bread; however, he did not listen, but the Woman continued to speak up.

Bastille day- France's Independence Day

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When the peasants fought back against the government and King Louis XVI to make him listen to them. Even though he didn't listen to anyone.

Diamond Necklace Affair

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Marie got blamed for receiving a diamond necklace and selling it piece by piece when it was actual a doppelganger.

Bastille Day

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France Independence Day when there was a storming of the prison had taken place. It had sparked the French Revolution and the rise of democracy in France.

Bastille Day

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I learned about Bastille Day, which before, I had no prior knowledge of. Bastille Day was the storming of a prison with that name on July 14th, 1789. Seven criminals were released from the prison by the French people. It was a great sign that the French were over their government. Bastille Day is known as the French independence day, which is held on July 14th.

Tennis Court Oath

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King Louis 16th was actually present for the oath and kicked them out of the court, making them meet somewhere else afterwards

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The Diamond Necklace affair was a time of Marie Antoinette trying to gain the French people's liking, because she was Austrian and the French didn't like her. Marie had an official that surprised someone who looked like Marie with an expensive diamond necklace. But, as word spread through the city, people began to think that she only was with Louis for money.

The Region of Terror

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The Reign of Terror was during the French Revolution. This was when Marie Antoinette and King Louie XVI were executed after not listening to their country. After this any person related to them would be killed as well. Then after all of that anyone that looks weirdly at someone would also get executed.

Guillotine

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An execution machine used during the French Revolution. It became most popular during the Reign of Terror, which was a period of extreme violence. During the French Revolution there were an estimated 17,000 deaths due to the Guillotine.

Napoleon was the First Consul of France from 1799 to 1804

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October Days

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October Days was when the women rebelled against Louis and Marie. They marched around the Palace of Versailles and shouted to lower the cost of bread. Louis was still too shy to change anything afterwards.

Bastille Day

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France's Independence Day where the storming of the prison occured due to lack of change. The citizens were mad Louis would not listen to them to they stormed the prison which sparked the French Revolution and the rise of democracy in France.

Bastille Day

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Bastille Day is the Independence day for France. It is where the French people stormed a Prison called Bastille and let 7 prisoners free. This took place on July 14, 1789

Guillotine

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The Guillotine was a execution method used in the French Revolution. It used an weighted angled blade that was dropped onto the neck which sliced off the victims head from their body. Made by Dr. Joseph-Ignace Guillotin in France during the late 18th century

Bastille Day

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commemorates the Storming of the Bastille on July 14, 1789, a pivotal event of the French Revolution that marked a symbolic victory for the people against the monarchy and the start of the struggle for liberty and democracy. The Bastille, a fortress and prison, represented the tyranny of the Bourbon monarchy, and its storming by revolutionaries to seize arms and release prisoners was a powerful act of defiance. This event led to profound changes in France, the end of the absolute monarchy, and is celebrated today as France's National Day, la Fête Nationale.

Bastille Day

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This was the day when France gained their independence. This revolution lasted 10 years, and between 170,000 and 1.3 million French people died.

Bastille Day

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The day where the french people first stood up to their government by storming a prison in 1789. Seven prisoners were set free. It was the start to the french revolution. It is now the French independance day on July 14th.

"Let them eat cake!"-Marie Antoinette

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Marie Antoinette never actually said her infamous quote let them eat cake. This was a lie made up to make Marie look very spoiled/ungrateful. This was because she was told the peasants/the poor were starving. She wasn't trying to offer them cake but she was trying to say if they didn't have bread they should eat cake instead.

Bastille Day

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Before this class I had known that the Bastille was a prison, but I didn't know it was only holding 7 prisoners . And I didn't know that it used to be used as a castle and was that it was the day the French chose as their day of independence .

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The Diamond Necklace Affair was when Marie Antoinette's doppelganger was trying to be Marie because an official was in love with Marie and wanted to give her the necklace so she met up with the official, got the necklace, smashed it into pieces, and sold it. It made her look bad and no one knew it wasn't really Marie.

October days

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The Women's March on Versailles began on October 5 1789 a event in the French Revolution where thousands of market women and others marched to the Palace of Versailles to demand bread and protest the high cost of living.

October Days

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When the women go around March on Palace of versailles in 1789 to lower the cost of bread and the cost of living, to the President

Diamond Necklace Affair

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An official was obsessed with Marie Antoinette. A Doppelganger met this official in the gardens of the Palace of Versailles. The Cardinal gives her the necklace, and she sold bits of it to people. She made lots of money off of it.

Bastille Day

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The first time the French people stood up to the monarchy. It was ignored by the monarchy but is recognized as the start of the revolution. It is now the independence day of France. Happened on July 14th, 1789

The diamond Necklace Scandal

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A woman who looked very similar to Marie Antoinette received a diamond necklace intended for Marie, and she ended up accepting it, only to sell it into many parts. This causes a scandal, and the guy believes he actually gave it to Marie but didn't.

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Diamond Necklace Affair: The "Diamond Necklace Affair" was a situation that involved a cardinal and a look alike of Marie Antoniette. The cardinal was madly in love with Marie. Someone who looked just like Marie went and met the cardnial and took a million dollar necklace that he gave her, cut it up into pieces, and sold it. A lot of people thought that it was truly Marie who did it, so this was one of the many ways she was misunderstood.

The Diamond Necklace affair

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The Affair of the Diamond Necklace was an incident from 1784 to 1785 at the court of King Louis XVI of France that involved his wife, Queen Marie Antoinette. Cardinal de Rohan and a con artist, Jeanne de La Motte, who tricked him into buying a lavish diamond necklace for Queen Marie Antoinette. Although the Queen was innocent, she was widely believed to be involved, which severely damaged her reputation and the monarchy's credibility, contributing significantly to the French Revolution.

Let them eat cake

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This quote was misinterpreted by many people saying that Marie Antoinette had said "let them eat cake." to the citizens of France but mostly likely she has never said that.

Maximilian Robespierre-Leader during the "Reign of Terror".

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17,000 people died in this event from execution of the gullintone. If you were related to the queen and the king you would be executed or looked the wrong way you would die. Robespierre and his followers would later be executed in the "Reign of Terror".

Bastille Day

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France Independence Day Stands for when peasants stormed the prison to Symbolizes the overthrow of monarchical tyranny

Bastille day

jasmon — 2025-10-01 17:44:48 UTC

Bastille day is the day that France gained independence. This happened because people stormed into a prison called the Bastille. It helped with the rise of democracy in France. This happened on July 14th, 1789.

Bastille Day

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Bastille Day also considered their Independence Day is on July 14, 1889. It was the first time french citizens stood up to their government. It was a french castle turned prison. 7 prisoners were released during their revolt.

Diamond Necklace Affair

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The Diamond Necklace Affair was when someone that looked like Marie Antoinette tricked Cardinal. She made Cardinal buy an expensive diamond necklace, thinking that the person impersonating was Marie Antoinette. The doppelganger took the necklace and sold it in different pieces, making millions.

Bastille Day

josjan1 — 2025-10-01 17:45:19 UTC

When the French stormed the prison to revolt against King Louis XVI. This is now known as France's independence day, July 14th 1789.

Diamond Necklace Affair

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During the time of the Industrial Revolution, a doppelganger who showed great similarity to Marie Antoinette, was sold an extremely valuable necklace by an official who favored Marie. After being sold the necklace, the doppelganger cut the jewelry and sold it off for a large amount. When the official caught on the necklace being sold off, he spread word of what he thought was Marie had done, which resulted in vast disapproval from the people of France

Bastille Day

linmcm — 2025-10-01 17:49:23 UTC

Bastille Day is France's Independance Day. Bastille Day was the storming of a prison with that name on July 14th, 1789. This was when they raised the tax on the 3rd estate or the poor citizens and the 3rd estate as a whole decided to storm the Bastille. Seven prisoners were broken free to rebel against King Louis XVI (16th). This was the spark of the French Revolution and the rise of democracy in France.

The Tennis Court Oath was a pivotal moment on June 20, 1789, during the French Revolution, when deputies of the Third Estate met in an indoor tennis court (jeu de paume) at the Palace of Versailles and vowed not to separate until France had a written constitution.

josgue1 — 2025-10-01 18:28:37 UTC

Let them eat cake

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She did say anything of the sort

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Napoleon Bonaparte was a crucial leader and crowned himself leader, they also sold is Weiner.

Diamond Necklace Affair:

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_{The Diamond Necklace Affair was a scandal in 1785-1786 at the court of Louis XVI involving a valuable diamond necklace that no one wanted, but which a con artist, Jeanne de la Motte, convinced Cardinal de Rohan to buy on behalf of the Queen. De la Motte's scheme, involving forged letters and impersonations, was uncovered when the jewelers tried to collect payment from Marie Antoinette, who was unaware of the plot. Though she was cleared of any involvement, the incident severely damaged the Queen's reputation.}

French revolution

2025-10-01 18:30:17 UTC

Bastille day happens on July 14th its like the america independence day

Guillotine

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The guillotine was an execution device used during the time of the French revolution and around that time it killed around 17,000 people

October days

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when women stormed the palace to lower the cost of bread

Reign Of Terror

jachin2 — 2025-10-01 18:31:35 UTC

The Reign of Terror was a period of state-sanctioned violence and mass executions during the French Revolution, lasting from September 1793 to July 1794. The radical Jacobins, led by Maximilien Robespierre, used the guillotine to eliminate anyone perceived as an enemy of the revolution in an attempt to protect the new republic from internal threats and foreign invasion.

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He declared himself leader of France after the Reign of Terror and restored France to it former glory and gave us Louisiana and they sold his penis

October Days - When women marched up to the king and queen declaring for more bread but got ignored.

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The Reign of Terror.

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The Reign of Terror was a violent 11-month period during the French Revolution (September 1793–July 1794) led by the Committee of Public Safety and figures like Maximilian de Robespierre, who aimed to eliminate threats to the revolution. Marked by mass arrests and thousands of executions, often by guillotine, of suspected "enemies of the revolution," the period saw the suspension of civil rights and increased paranoia

The Women's March on Versailles

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The Women's March on Versailles, also known as the Black March, the October Days or simply the March on Versailles, was one of the earliest and most significant events of the French Revolution. The march began among women in the marketplaces of Paris who, on the morning of 5 October 1789, were nearly rioting over the high price of bread.

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The Terror was a period characterized by a state of exception during the French Revolution. It took place between 1793 and 1794, although there is disagreement among historians about the exact date of its beginning.

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The Reign of Terror was a violent phase of the French Revolution (September 1793–July 1794) marked by mass executions and political purges of perceived enemies of the revolution, led by the radical Jacobins and the Committee of Public Safety under Maximilien de Robespierre.