Our French Revolution Story

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Our French Revolution Story
By Amanda Lennon Brittni Marshall
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THE MEETING OF THE ESTATES GENERAL

• Once upon a time We had a little king named
  Louis XVI. He took money from the people and used
  it to put fancy things in his palace and bought
  his wife nice things too. The people decided to
  fight back. They didnt like the way their king
  spent their money and treated them.

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THE TENNIS COURT OATH

• A group of people joined together to fight
  against the king named themselves the National
  Assembly. In 1789 they met at a Tennis Court and
  they pledged to keep meeting until they made a
  new constitution. They demanded their rights!

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THE STORMING OF BASTILLE

• A mob started to form, looking for guns
  gunpowder. They attacked the Bastille July 14,
  1789. A crowd stormed in and attacked a small
  army and beheaded the prison governor and the
  mayor. They freed the seven prisoners kept in the
  Bastille at the time and took the guns and
  gunpowder. They went through the streets of Paris
  happy and undefeated!

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The March on Versailles

• On October 4, 1789, a crowd of women demanded
  bread for their families marched toward
  Versailles .The King agreed to meet with some of
  the women and promised to distribute all the
  bread in Versailles to the women. The National
  Guard arrived and wanted to take the King back to
  Paris. The women got very angry and broke into
  the palace. The king went to Paris with his wife
  and children and never kept his promise to the
  people.

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The Reign of Terror

• In the summer of 1793 a guy named Robespierre was
  the leader of the Committee of Public Safety. He
  ruled France and during this time was known as
  the Reign of Terror. Robespierre increased the
  prices on food items. Many people were
  imprisoned and executed by a device called a
  guillotine, used to cut off heads, because they
  were accused of treason. Luckily in July, 1794
  Robespierre was guillotined himself!

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The Rise of Napoleon

• Napoleon became emperor in 1804. Instead of
  allowing the pope crown him, he crowned himself.
  In 1805 the Battle of Trafalgar took place.
  Napoleon lost the battle. During the first decade
  of the 1800s Napoleon ruled more than half of
  Europe! Napoleon was able to maintain his empire
  for five years (1807-1812) Then it fell to
  pieces. June, 1815 Napoleon attacked at the
  Battle of Waterloo. The British and Prussian
  forces ran Napoleon and his army out of the
  field! He was once again defeated. This battle
  ended Napoleons last bid for power, called the
  Hundred Days.

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A Conclusion on the French Revolution

• After Napoleon was defeated in Waterloo, most of
  Europe restored some of the feudal taxes and this
  undid the work of Napoleon and the Revolution.

The End!
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Our Resources

• www.computingcorner.com/holidays/july/pages4.html
• World History Book
• www.members.aol.com/agentmess/frenchrev/summary.ht
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• www.aolcom.factmonster.com