THE FRENCH REVOLUTION

1789-1799

MONEY TROUBLE

• During the late 1700 Louis the XVI put France in some major finical troubles

• To remedy this he taxed the already poor French Citizens because the Clergy and Noble people were tax exempt.

REVOLUTION!

The stage was set for a

revolution in France, inspired

by the American Revolution

the poor rose up against the

noble class.

A new constitution was in

the process of being written

and was being threatened by

the king.

SAN-CULOTTES

The sans-culottes

movement was important to

the Revolution of 1789 and

later revolutions, because it

was one of the first working

class groups that

incorporated both a political

stance and a social condition.

ATTACK OF THE BASTILLE

In order to save their new

constitution being written by

the New Assembly the

French citizens led by the

Sans-Culottes attacked the

prison Bastille where

weapons and ammunition

were stored.

TAKE OVER

The leader of the Sans-

Culottes was Maximilien

Robespierre.

After the over through

of the French Monarchs

he became the de facto

ruler of France

REIGN OF TERROR

Under the new

government if you were

even accused of treason

you could be put to death,

no questions asked. This

became known as the

Reign of Terror.

DEATHS

Louis the XVI

Marie Antoinette

Robespierre

All of these leaders were executed during the Revolution along with countless others.End of the Revolution

THE END OF THE REVOLUTION

During the revolution in

France one general in

particular began to outshine

all the others. This general

was a 26 year old by the

name of Napoleon Bonaparte.

He over took France, ended

the revolution and expanded

the French Empire.

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