https://padlet.com/curtis_b058/frenchrev Bridget Curtis en-us 2019-02-19 18:58:01 UTC 2025-11-02 03:34:13 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Beartoy.png curtis_b058 https://padlet.com/curtis_b058/frenchrev/wish/332874337 Helping aid the American 
Revolution was a mistake. 1.3 billion livers was spent on helping their revolution and because of this, France suffered great debt. Every time a decision for tax reform was necessary to be made, the 1st and 2nd estates always outnumbered the 3rd. I, King Louis XVI, needed to do something about it. The third estate had between 97% and 98% of France's population, and depriving them of their money was no longer an option. The aristocrats were not obliging to give up any of their privileges, and disapproved all attempts for a financial reform. The purpose of the General Estates Meeting was to pass laws and reforms, but it would never be fair for the 3rd estate and get them out of poverty. On June 17, 1789 the third estate broke away, and declared itself the National Assembly.]]> 2019-02-19 19:02:24 UTC https://padlet.com/curtis_b058/frenchrev/wish/332874337 curtis_b058 https://padlet.com/curtis_b058/frenchrev/wish/332875109  On a brisk day in June, the national assembly and I, Marquis De Lafayette, invited members from the first and second estates to join us in working in favor of the improvement of France. When the time rolled around for the assembly to start we found that we were locked out. Dismayed by these actions clearly against us, we bickered about what we should do. We all agreed the meeting must still go on, so me along with the other members of the National Assembly took over a nearby tennis court and started what we came to Versailles to do. On this court we pledged that no man would leave until a written constitution was developed. In addition to our oath, we decided to keep returning until the king recognized us as a legitimate government body. King Louis XVI legalized the national assembly and recognized us as our own government.The Tennis Court Oath was known all throughout France as a very symbolic event, aiding to the fire of other revolutionaries. ]]> 2019-02-19 19:03:33 UTC https://padlet.com/curtis_b058/frenchrev/wish/332875109 curtis_b058 https://padlet.com/curtis_b058/frenchrev/wish/332875257 It was the middle of the month of July and all french citizens continued on with their everyday activities. It was hard not to notice that something odd was happening with the guards. Each day another couple of King Louis' Swiss army soldiers appeared. It paranoid me along with all of the other citizens of France. The people of France were also not in the best place to be tempered with after I, Jacques Necker, was dismissed from the general estates. On July 14th, me and the people rioted Bastille. The prison had become a symbol over the past few years for the king's dictatorial rule. Standing at the gates we demanded the gunpowder and when the prison governor refused to comply, the mob charged. After a violent battle, the citizens of France eventually took control of the prison. The governor was seized and killed, he was beheaded and carried through the streets on a spike. Brick by brick Bastille fell, the event becoming a symbol of the start of the revolution.]]> 2019-02-19 19:03:46 UTC https://padlet.com/curtis_b058/frenchrev/wish/332875257 curtis_b058 https://padlet.com/curtis_b058/frenchrev/wish/332875594 In early October about 6,000 Parisian women were infuriated by the rising prices of bread. I (Olympe de Gouges)  watched astonished by there action. as the women demanded bread for their families the women gathering, including some men, and marching with pitchforks and muskets in hand toward Versailles.  By the time they reached the king's palace their rage was focused almost solely on Marie Antoinette. Her response to the bread-less and starving peasants was, “let them eat cake”. Clear in their minds, everyone was seeking revenge against the queen. The mob managed to break into the palace to search for the Queen. All though Antoinette was not captured, two of her servants were and their heads were mounted on pikes. The mob demanded that King Louis XVI must distribute the bread from the palace and accompany the women back to Paris to see for himself the horror he inflicted on his citizens.]]> 2019-02-19 19:04:16 UTC https://padlet.com/curtis_b058/frenchrev/wish/332875594 curtis_b058 https://padlet.com/curtis_b058/frenchrev/wish/334293370 I was woken up in the middle of the night by one of my servants. I knew this was the night that my father had been planning for so long, we were about to attempt to escape Paris. I, the only son of King Louis Louis XVI was scared for my family. My father told me this was his last option at keeping the thrown. Everyday he told me that the national assembly was coming closer to dethroning him and he thought if we could make it to Austria his thrown we remain intact. We left on a carriage and made our way to Austria. Word had spread throughout France that the king and his family were trying to escape, and at a little town called Varennes, our carriage was stopped and we escorted back to Paris. After attempting to flee the country my father, King Louis, was practically forced to agree to share power with the legislative assembly.]]> 2019-02-22 19:08:10 UTC https://padlet.com/curtis_b058/frenchrev/wish/334293370 curtis_b058 https://padlet.com/curtis_b058/frenchrev/wish/334293628 All across Europe, Monarchs were eyeing France with suspicion. They had her the news about the overthrow of Louis XVI, by the French people. The monarchs feared that revolutionary ideas would spread to their countries. They wanted war because they thought the new government would be easily defeated and believed is would pave the way to bring back the old regime, returning Louis to the head of the government. Revolutionaries wanted war because they thought war would bring the country together, and spread the ideas of the Revolution to all of Europe. The Legislative Assembly declared war on Austria and Prussia. I,  Jacques Brissot, believed that the war would be useful for unmasking the enemies of the revolution.The opening battles went very poorly for the French, Austria had overwhelmed them from the very start. The Legislative Assembly, desperate, passed a measure asking for a bigger army. Answering the call of patriotism, thousands of men joined. In September, the Austrian army was pushed back and the French felt glorious.]]> 2019-02-22 19:08:42 UTC https://padlet.com/curtis_b058/frenchrev/wish/334293628 curtis_b058 https://padlet.com/curtis_b058/frenchrev/wish/334294135 On August 10, 1792, the crowd forced the Legislative Assembly to condemn the King along with the rest of our family. The National Convention abolished the monarchy and declared the First French Republic. The National Convention had found evidence of Louis XVI’s counterrevolutionary plots with Austria and other foreign nations, and he was put on trial for treason. He was found guilty and sentenced to death. I never thought my husband would be the one to go, after all the French people hated me the most. Louis never did anything wrong to deserve this, at least not in my eyes. On January 21, 1793, he was sentenced to be guillotined. Louis walked up the guillotine with pride and respect and accepted his fate even though it was the right thing. His death signified the end of monarch rule in France. I feared what would come next for me, the queen. ]]> 2019-02-22 19:09:43 UTC https://padlet.com/curtis_b058/frenchrev/wish/334294135 curtis_b058 https://padlet.com/curtis_b058/frenchrev/wish/334294236 in 1789, Robespierre was elected to estates general. Slowly over the years Robespierre began to gain more and more revolutionary supporters. In 1792, he was elected as one of France's representatives and not longer after was he was the leader of the Committee of Public Safety. As I watched Robespierre I envied how he was a hard worker and was very ambitious, and I, François Hanriot, joined Robespierre and supported him and his ways. The purpose of the "Terror" was to purge France of enemies of the Revolution and protect the country from foreign invaders. Fear was sent straight to the hearts of France's citizens, and if someone stepped out of line or went against The Committee of public safety they were executed. In the course of nine months, 16, 000 people were sent to the guillotine, and each person was labeled as internal enemies of France. Robespierre was a man with clear beliefs and wanted to do what he thought was the best for his country. ]]> 2019-02-22 19:09:54 UTC https://padlet.com/curtis_b058/frenchrev/wish/334294236