French Revolution
By: Destiny Johnson, J’Cori Hall, and Daric Gatlin
The overthrow of the Bourbon monarchy in France 1789-1799
How did it start?
There are three main reasons why.
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Revolting ill
Ulm political and social inequalities
2. The economic troubles in France
They revolted against the government :
the government was in the in the midst of a
3. the influence of the Enlightenment financial crisis and was unresponsive to the
needs of the people. The people demanded
and the American Revolution
a more representative form of government
then the absolute Monarchy
Overthrowing
the
Government
Yes, they overthrew their government. They
achieved this by engaging in acts of warfare
essentially writing up the French equivalent
of the declaration of independence inVersailles.
After the revolution France changed
Their government to a republic until
Napoleon Bonaparte made himself
emperor in 1804
Key Quotes
1. In January 1789, theorist Emmanuel Joseph Sieyes put it like this: What is the Third Estate?
Everything; but an everything shackled and oppressed. What would it be without the privileged
order? Everything, but an everything free and flourishing. Nothing can succeed without it,
everything would be infinitely better without the others”
2. Louis XV died in 1774, the crown went to Louis Auguste, who famously intoned, “Protect
us, Lord, for we are too young to reign.”
3. Marie Antoinette in 1773, she wrote to her mother, “What was really affecting was the
tenderness and earnestness of the poor people, who, in spite of the taxes with which they
are overwhelmed, were transported with joy at seeing us”
4. Louis ominously prophesied, “I trust that my death will be for the happiness of my
people, but I grieve for France”