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The
French
Revolution!
By:
Justin MoseleyRobert Johnson
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Introduction
In the mid to late 1700s France had a King named Louis XVI(16
th) who ruled over the whole land. By the late 1780s he had
raised the price of bread by a lot. Many peasants wanted to
fightback but didnt out of fear that he would kill them. Many
people
died of starvation until one day when Frances debt, or moneythey
owed, became too great a number to keep up with.
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Meeting of the Estates-General
In the late 1780s France was in a financial crisis. They were
in
debt due to spending more money than they earned. The
ThirdEstate, also known as the peasants, was the only estate that
was
taxed and the king thought that if he taxed nobles as well
theycould make more money. The nobles told him that they needed
to
hold the Meeting of the Estates-General. So the King held
themeeting. He had decided to vote by order which means that
each
Estate would get a vote not each person.
This contributed to democracy because people had their right
tospeak out.
We Choose
to vote by
Order!
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Tennis Court Oath
The Third Estate was furious with the King, so mad in fact
thatthey didnt even show up to the meeting. Instead they went
through the Kings house searching every door for one that
wasunlocked. They eventually found and indoor tennis court and
heldthe first meeting of the National Assembly. During this time
theytook the Tennis Court Oath, which was basically a pledge
thatthey would not go against each other. It took them nearly
two
years to write their own government which they called
theConstitution of 1791.
This contributed to Democracy because people were
finallycreating their own government.
We will create our
own government
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Storming of the Bastille
July 14, 1789, nearly two years before the Constitution of
1791was complete the people of France retaliated like no one
had
seen before. The King had some of his men circling around
thetown and the people were feeling uneasy. There were rumors
thatthere was gunpowder in the Bastille which was a huge prison
for
political figures. This marked the true start of the
FrenchRevolution. The peasants tore through the Bastille tearing
peoplelimb from limb. They took guards heads and stuck them on
sticks
parading them through the streets shouting and cheering.
This contributed to democracy because in democracy majorityrules
and this is a prime example of the majority of people ruling.
TEAR IT DOWN!!!
BUR N IT TO THE
GR OUND!!!
