French Revolution Sample
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- The Tennis Court Oath
- We swear never to separate ourselves from the National Assembly, and to reassemble wherever circumstances require, until the constitution of the realm is drawn up and fixed upon solid foundations.
- The Storming of the Bastille
- Get the gunpowder!
- The Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen
- All men are equal!
- On June 20, 1789, the members of the French Third Estate took the Tennis Court Oath, vowing never to separate until a written constitution had been established for France. This event was a step towards democracy because the people wanted the government to be run by the people and they wanted to balance the power.
- Meeting of the Estates General
- On July 14, 1789, an angry and aggressive mob of Parisians attacked a state prison in Paris known as the Bastille, since they became worried that the king was preparing for an attack and they needed to obtain gunpowder. This event signaled the beginning of the French Revolution, and a step towards democracy, since the people were unsatisfied with the government and took action.
- The Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen was a document issued in 1789 after the government during the early stages of the French Revolution was overthrown. The French declaration announced that all men enjoyed natural rights to "liberty, property, security, and resistance to oppression." This was a step towards democracy because the declaration explained how things should be run.
- Due to the financial issues the French government was facing, King Louis XVI called a meeting of the estates general in 1789. The 3 states prepared cahiers in order to list their grievances. Everything stated by the 3rd estate, which was made up of peasants and the middle class, was outvoted by the 1st and 2nd estate, which composed of the clergy and nobility. This represents a step towards democracy since the 3rd estate knew that they would be outvoted every time.
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- Tax the third estate!
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