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    Social discontent was a big part of the French revolution? the government's way of thinking was simple? if you were born into an estate, you died in that estate. There were three estates, or classes? the Clergy, nobility, and general population.

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    The French Revolution

    As told by Kelli, Peyton, Kaitlyn, Ashley, and Sarah

    SETTING/BACKGROUND
    FRANCE,17891799
    Francewasruledbyanabsolutemonarch,andsocietywasstilldividedbyastrictfeudal
    hierarchy.Frenchcivilianswerenothappyaboutthis.Thesearetheirstories.

    CAUSES
    TherewereseveralcausesoftheFrenchRevolutionSocialDiscontentwasabigpartofit.
    Thegovernmentswayofthinkingwas
    simpleifyouwerebornintoanestate,
    youdiedinthatestate.Theystrictly
    believedinafeudalhierarchyandthat
    royaltyshouldstayinthefamilyand
    nobility.
    Socially,thecomingofaninfluential
    bourgeoisiewhichisthemiddleclass
    typically,butevolvedtoaspiretopolitical
    equalitywithFrenchnobility.Thelower
    classpeopleweretreatedunfairly.The
    Enlightenmentphilosophyalsopromoteda
    newsocietywithouttheusualtraditions
    whichchallengedtheauthorityoftheking
    andthechurchandemphasizedonreasonandindividualism.
    Therewerethreeestates,orclassestheClergy,nobility,andgeneralpopulation.
    Economically,noblesandClergydidnotpaytaxesbutfarmers,contractors,peasants,etc.did
    paytaxes.
    Politically,therewasapoliticalconflictbetweenthemonarchyandnobilitybecausethe
    monarchchangedthetaxsystemwhichleadtothenobilitybecomingbankrupt.

    CHRONOLOGICAL EVENTS
    TheSpark:
    July14,1789:RiotingandthestormingoftheBastilleprison:Peasantsrevolted
    againsttheirfeudalcontractsbyattackingthemanorsand
    estatesoftheirlandlords,Paris.
    1. May6,1789:
    MeetingoftheEstatesGeneral,
    Versailles
    2. June20,1789:
    TennisCourtOathpledgesignedby
    576membersoftheEstatesGeneral,Versailles
    3. August4,1789:
    NationalAssemblyannouncesthe
    endoffeudalism
    4. October5,1789
    :WomensMarchonVersailles,
    Versailles
    5. June20,1791:
    FlighttoVarennes,Varennes

    6. September30,1791:
    NationalAssemblydissolvesLegislativeAssemblyformedin
    earlyOctober1791
    7. April20,1792:
    FrancedeclareswaronAustriaandPrussia
    8. August10,1792:
    AttackonTuileries,TuileriesPalace,Paris,markedthefallofthe
    Frenchmonarchy(LouisXVIoverthrown)
    9. SeptemberDecember1792:
    NationalConventionmeetsforthefirsttimeandLouis
    XVIstrialbegins,Paris
    10. January21,1793:
    LouisXVIissentencedtodeathbyguillotine,Paris
    11. September5,1793July28,1794:
    ReignofTerrorresultsinthedeathsofover2,000
    to4,000people,Paris
    12. October16,1793:
    MarieAntoinetteissentencedtodeathbyguillotine,Paris
    13. 1799:
    NapoleonseizespoliticalpowerofFrance,endingtheFrenchRevolution

    OUTCOMES

    ThereweremanyoutcomesofTheFrenchRevolution
    includingTheRevolutionalsowasamainreasonofthe
    beheadingofQueenMarieAntoinetteandherhusband
    KingLouisXVI,theywereexecutedfortheirhightreason
    beforetheNationalConvention.Thereweremany
    beheadingsasresultoftheRevolutionthiswasnamed
    theReignofTerror.TheRevolutionunifiedFranceand
    enhancedpowerofNationalState,Socialorderand
    contractualrelationswereconsolidatedbytheCode
    Napoleon.TheBourbonmonarchywasoverthrown.

    IMPORTANT PEOPLE
    NapoleonBonaparte:
    AgeneralintheFrencharmythatoverthrewtheDirectoryanddeclaredhimselfthe
    firstemperorofFrance.
    MarieAntoinette:
    ThewifeofkingLouisXVIandthesymbolofFrenchroyaltiesextravaganceand
    excess.ShewasexecutedonOctober16,1793.
    LouisXVI:
    TheFrenchkingfrom17741792whowasdeposedduringtheFrenchRevolution.He
    waslaterexecutedinJanuaryof1793.

    BIBLIOGRAPHY

    http://alphahistory.com/frenchrevolution/thirdestate/
    http://www.sparknotes.com/history/european/frenchrev/terms.html
    http://www.sparknotes.com/history/european/frenchrev/summary.html
    http://homepages.gac.edu/~arosenth/160/French_Rev_Timeline.pdf
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Execution_of_Louis_XVI
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Causes_of_the_French_Revolution
    page119,Crossroadstextbook
    http://www.emersonkent.com/images/france_1789_eccles.jpg
    http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/71/1700_CE_world_map.PNG

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