French Revolution Part 1
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- The Leadership of King Louis XVI Marie Antoinette
- Now we sit back and collect our subjects money!
- I get to gamble and make lavish purchases by using the money tax payers pay to us!
- Tension
- We have to pay taxes and we hate it!
- We do not pay taxes and we love it!
- Tennis Court Oath and the Creation of the National Assembly
- We will not to separate and will reassemble wherever necessary until the Constitution of the kingdom is established.
- We will not to separate and will reassemble wherever necessary until the Constitution of the kingdom is established.
- My husband, King Louis XVI, became king of France on May 14th, 1774. One important decree he made in 1789 was separating France into 3 groups, royalty, nobility and commoners. Due to this, I enjoyed a lavish lifestyle while those in the working class paid taxes for us to enjoy.
- Storming of the Bastille
- While my husband and I were getting caught up in our spending and royal lifestyle, we neglected to see the anger and resentment that was brewing from the people of the third estate, the commoners. They began to dislike that they were paying high taxes while the second and first estates were not.
- Women's march on Versailles
- On June 20th, 1789, members of the third estate gathered in the tennis court of the Palace of Versailles to take the "Tennis Court Oath." They vowed to "not separate and to reassemble whenever necessary until the constitution of the kingdom is established." I encouraged my husband not to give in to their demands and to remain strong.
- Arrest at Varennes
- Lock them up !
- On July 14th, 1789 the prison of Bastille was stormed by the third estate. The angry mob demanded weapons and armoury that were kept in the prison walls. This act of violence put fear into me and the king and we knew we had to leave.
- On October 5th, 1789 The Women's March on Versailles occurred and 7,000 women who were angered by the rise in bread prices marched on the Palace of Versailles. The march was a success, and it brought their wants and needs to the king's attention. I was insulted and threatened. Once their demands were met they forced the king and our family to return with them to Paris.
- Despite our attempt to flee on June 21st, 1791, we were captured and brought back to Paris. On August 13th, 1992, I, my husband and our two living children, our daughter Marie-Thérèse Charlotte and our son Louis XVII were captured. We were moved from our place and locked in the Temple in Marais.
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