FRENCH REVOLUTION
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- STORM BASTILLE OTHERWISE OUR KING WILL OPEN FIRE ON US..!
- EMPTY TREASURY?? WHAT WILL I DO NOW! AH, LET ME INCREASE THE TAXES, THAT WILL SURELY WORK....
- LET'S INCREASE THE TAXES WE HAVE SO MANY EXPENSES IT IS REALLY DIFFICULT TO MANAGE ALL OF THEM.........
- OKAY YOUR MAJESTY! BUT FIRST WE NEED TO CALL ESTATES GENERAL MEETING.
- On the morning of 14 July 1789, the city of Paris was in a state of alarm. The king had commanded troops to move into the city. Rumours spread that he would soon order the army to open fire upon the citizens. Some 7,000 men and women gathered in front of the town hall and decided to form a peoples’ militia. They broke into a number of government buildings in search of arms.
- In 1774, Louis XVI of the Bourbon family of kings ascended the throne of France.Upon his accession the new king found an empty treasury. Long years of war had drained the financial resources of France. Added to this was the cost of maintaining an extravagant court at the immense palace of Versailles.
- OH NO!!!!I LIKED IT BETTER WHEN I HAD THE SUPREME POWER.....!
- the French government was obliged to spend an increasing percentage of its budget on interest payments alone. To meet its regular expenses, such as the cost of maintaining an army, the court, running government offices or universities, the state was forced to increase taxes.
- THE THIRD ESTATE DENIED THE DECISION OF INCREASING TAXES AND DEMANDED ONE PERSON ONE VOTE, LOUIS XVI REFUSED THE OFFER SO THE THIRD ESTATE WALKED OUT TOOK TENNIS COURT OATH
- FINALLY THE CONSTITUTION WAS MADE WHICH LIMITED THE DESPOTIC POWER OF LOUIS XVI, FRANCE NOW BECAME A CONSTITUTIONAL MONARCHY.......
- THE PEOPLE WERE HAPPY OVER THEIR ACHIEVEMENT WHICH LIMITED THE AUTOCRATIC POWER OF THE KING AND GAVE THEM THEIR RIGHTS
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