The French Revolution

From 1789-1799
Zackary Bugeja French Project RAKAcademy 2 June y

The storming of the fort Bastille and arrest of the governor M. de Launay, on July 14, 1789

The French revolution happened because the quality of life in

Europe had been determined by the position that a person or family held. If you were born to a rich family you would get richer, but if were born to a poor family, no matter how hard you worked your position in life would never change. The peasants of France didnt like that and were inspired by the success of the American Revolution to lead their own revolution against the powerful royalty and rich of France. The French Revolution was a success and King Louis XVI Head was chopped off along with the heads of all the people who said anything against the revolution. To cut peoples heads off they used the
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The Guillotine
The French built a Guillotine in 1792 to make it easier and faster to cut peoples heads off because lots of peoples heads were being cut off in the French Revolution. One of these devises chopped King Louis XVI and his wife's head off.

King Louis XVI Running France

King Louis XVI had a few economic problems from his ancestors, which made living in France hard. A few times France almost went bankrupt ,getting fancy things for the rich, so then he made the tax rates higher and took most of the peasants money leaving them poor. Another thing is King Louis never did anything to help the peasants, oh no, he just made their lives a misery. When the Revolution came I bet he was wondering why it had started and what the peasants and the revolutionaries were so angry about. Thats how little he knew about what his leading was doing to his countries citizens.

The Storming of the Bastille

The storming of the Bastille happened on the morning of july 14, 1789. The Fortress and prison known as the Bastille, represented royal leadership in paris. The fall of the Bastille was the flashpoint of the French Revolution. The Storming of the Bastille was the third event of this opening stage of the Revolution. The commoners had became the National Guard , showing tricoloured cockades (rosettes-roses of ribbons) made of blue, red and white made by combining the red and blue cockades of Paris and the white cockade of the King.These cockades, and
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symbol of the Revolution and, later became the French flag.

The Outcomes of the French Revolution

The French people finally kicked out the monarchy and took Power from the high ranked nobles. The economical, social and political structure of france were changed forever because of the Revolution. The Revolution was the end of monarchy and the beginning of democracy.