The French Revolution- By Olivia Riley
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- Introduction
- we have a huge population and great trade, speaking of which I need to go meet someone to trade.
- the crops all died.. the very few the didn't will cost us.
- The three estates
- oh dear, whats a tax?
- stop making us pay every tax!
- Tennis Court Oath
- lets make a constitution!
- lets not leave until we do!
- France was known as successful and it appeared that it was thriving with its large population and good trade, though on the inside it was very different, France was simply falling apart. From a failing harvest of crops, high taxes and food prices being raised to an unimaginable price making it hard to get by.
- Storming the Bastille
- SEARCH THE BACK FOR THE MATERIALS!
- PUT THERE HEADS ON POLES!
- In the Estates it consists of three in the world of power, the first estate is made up of only the clergy who own only 10% of land and the total population for this estate is 1%. It's a small number that doesn't need to pay taxes. In the second estate it is made up of only the rich nobles who own 20% land and have 2% population, again they do not pay any taxes. In the last estate there is 97% population and they rightfully own 65% land, though they have to pay all the taxes.
- Declaration of Man and Citizen Rights
- WE DESERVE FREEDOM!
- GIVE US OUR RIGHTS!
- The tennis court oath consists of these people who showed up to work in the castle but the king never said he was painting, so the doors were locked. They got annoyed and went to the nearest tennis court and decided that they weren't going to leave until they made the constitution.
- Robespierre, Marat and the Reign of Terror
- sir, thats the tenth today..
- The storming of the bastille was a brutal massacre of guards, it happened because people got angry and needed supplies to fight.They stormed the bastille in order to get gunpowder while being there they let out prisoners. They felt the need to murder the guards and cut their heads up and paraded around with their heads on sticks.
- FREE SOME PRISONERS WHILE BACK THERE!
- The declaration of man and rights happened when they realized something had to change besides the government having all the power this document consists of men getting the rights to land, security. They also have the right to freedom of speech. It was decided when the national assembly adopted a statement of ideas.
- Robespierre eventually took power as a dictator , he had an idea to wipe out the old France ideas and change them then while he was in power he claimed France had these enemies that we would get killed and had act out in violence but he justified his actions by saying it would help the people.
- ENEMY! KILL HIM
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