French Revolution
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- 18th century: Resistance Begins
- Why should I have to pay insane taxes while the wealthy clergy and nobles pay almost none? I can hardly afford to provide for my family!
- 1678-1789: The King Life
- So what if France is in massive debt?? I do what I want boo boo and nothing can stop me. I'll worry about the debt later!
- 1788: Estates-General
- Third estateThe first and second estates are parasites! We work and pay taxes - we are the nation. We deserve to vote as individuals!
- First and second estatesWe don't want increased taxes! Since our estates each vote as one body, we can overrule the Third Estate.
- While at first only the few educated thinkers dared to challenge the French regime, now more people were standing up due to the spread of discontent. Namely were the commoners who complained about unfair taxes.
- July 14th, 1789: Bastille Day
- We will no longer tolerate this system! We demand liberty, equality, and fraternity!
- In the face of a huge financial crisis, King Louis XVI overloaded the debt, borrowing money to create an extravagant lifestyle for himself and spending huge sums supporting American rebels against England.
- 1793: Radicalization Terror
- Please don't kill me! My newest addition to the Palace of Versailles is about to be finished and I won't even be there to see it!
- In order to replenish the money, King Louis XVI was forced to convene the Estates-General. When the delegates assembled, the Third Estate stood up to the First and Second Estates, causing arguments to rage.
- 1799-1815: Revolution ends
- On July 14th, 1789, an angry mob stormed Bastille, a military fortress and prison, marking the start of the French Revolution. Soon the delegates of the Third Estate took over the "National Assembly" and began making revolutionary transformations.
- The National Assembly made huge improvements in women's rights and manhood suffrage, but people were beginning to argue over the revolution's proper goals. Louis XVI was executed and radicals purged the nation of its internal enemies. Napoleon Bonaparte, a general, was brought to power by a coup.
- Napoleon was determined to extend his empire and the French influence. However, in 1812, when he invaded Russia, his forces were too outstretched and undersupplied to survive the harsh winter. His principles soon became too forced and European nations united against him. After defeating him, they agreed to work together in preventing future revolutions and war.
- There's nothing left for us!
- Well what now?
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