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Period: to
enlightenment
a time when new ideas provoked the questioning of the need of a monarch. -
death of King Louis XV
died of smallpox. His grandson, King Louis the XVI was a weak ruler. -
natural disasters
these disasters killed crops which made the cost for bread skyrocket. -
an increase in taxes
King Louis the XVI increased taxes, the peasants were not happy -
the confrontation of the king
7000 women went to the kings palace in Versailles and made him come back to Paris -
the making of the guillotine
this machine was an execution device -
Period: to
French Revolution
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the tennis court oath
this oath was an oath to continue meeting until the king gave in -
the creation of the national assembly
the national assembly was a form of government -
the raiding of the Bastille
this event was an effect of the bubbling anger of the people and they raided a prison called the Bastille -
the new constitution
this constitution made the king a simple figurehead -
kings failed attempt to flee Paris to Austria
the king and his family tried to flee Paris to escape the revolution, but they got caught in Varennes. -
the champ de mars massacre
this massacre was a dividing line between the moderates who didn't want the king dead and the radicals who did -
the outlaw of the catholic church
the catholic church was outlawed and their treasures destroyed. -
the declaration of war
France declared war on Austria -
Period: to
the September massacres
the prisoners of many prisons were tried and executed on the spot -
the execution of the king and queen
the king and queen were executed by guillotine -
Period: to
the reign of terror
this time was when 40,000 people were killed by the guillotine -
Period: to
the white terror
in this time many of the allies of Robespierre were executed or beaten -
Napoleon's coup d'etat
Napoleon took over the french government and became dictator of France