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The french revolution pp 2
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By Aimee Andrews, Sharna Armstrong, Emma By Aimee Andrews, Sharna Armstrong, Emma Davison, Rose Mckean and Emma Shuttleworth Davison, Rose Mckean and Emma Shuttleworth
Transcript of The french revolution pp 2
By Aimee Andrews, Sharna Armstrong, Emma By Aimee Andrews, Sharna Armstrong, Emma Davison, Rose Mckean and Emma ShuttleworthDavison, Rose Mckean and Emma Shuttleworth
Louie the sixteenth and Marie Antoinette
Louie the sixteenth and Marie Antoinette where a
pampered king and queen.
He and His Wife had many Expensive clothes (and paintings)
The palace often held 27 course meals for friends and relatives
And finally…
he had an absolutely massive chateaux (Versailles) with 700 rooms and a garden
over 2000 acres
What more could you want in a king?
Well…
The peasants
While the king is having parties and baths in strawberries all the peasants are suffering of starvation.
The crops have failed for two years and the country is deep in debt.
Plus all of the peasants have no money to pay taxes (which the rich nobles who have money do not pay).
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• http://gillraysprintshop.blogspot.co.uk/2011/09/horrible-histories-historical.html
The National assemblyThe national assembly was a large group of people that
controlled France (like our parliament). It was made up of members from each estate of France.
The first estate (the clergy)The second estate (the nobility)The third estate (every one else)
The Estates-General
since the country was falling apart, Louis XVI organised a meeting of the three estates to discuss the financial crisis of France; this
meeting was called the Estates-General.
However, the third estate disagreed with what the first and second estate wanted, therefore were
locked out of the meeting room so they couldn’t have their say in
events.
The tennis court oaththe third estate instead formed their own meeting in the tennis courts of Versailles, calling themselves the National Assembly. They made the tennis court oath, one of the most well known events in French
history.
“Not to separate, and to reassemble wherever
circumstances require, until the constitution of the kingdom
is established".
• http://www.schoolhistory.co.uk/games/fling/frenchrevolution/
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