revolution in france

• at the end of the 18th century, France was ruled by Louis XVI.
• France had three estates, the nobility, the religious leadership and everyone else. everyone else paid high taxes and suffered while Louis XVI and other leaders lived well and made the rules
• by 1789, the people had enough and a revolution took place, resulting in the execution of the king and queen
• after the execution of the king and queen, a man named Robespierre took over the running of the country, creating the first republic
• robespierre's reign became known as the reign of terror because he beheaded anyone who disagreed with him. soon another revolution took place and Robespierre was executed
• the people of France decided to elect a war hero called Napoleon Bonaparte as their leader. it was not long before he gained a god like status and refused to give up his crown
• Napoleon Bonaparte was exiled to a small island, Elba, in 1812.
• the brother of Napoleon Bonaparte, Louis the 18th was crowned king. he proved no better. Napoleon was rescued from exile and brought back to rule, and Louis the 18th fled
• with Napoleon back on the throne, war broke out between france and the rest of Europe. At the battle of Waterloo Napoleon was exiled again to the small island of St Helena
• After Napoleon was exiled again, Louis the 18th came back, followed by his brother Charles X
• the three glorious days- an uprising that resulted in Charles X being forced to flee the country
• Louis Philippe "the citizen king" was put in charge. he was intended to listen to the wishes of the people without the power of the previous bourbon kings
• Even with Louis Philippe ring, only wealthy men were allowed to vote. many people were angry and many revolutionists attempted to overthrow him
• the French watched the British Reform act and how it had given them more suffrage. the French wanted that too
• the French banquettes because formed political gatherings and demonstrations were banned. these banquettes became a huge thing until Louis Philippe banned them.
• after Louis Philippe banned the political banquettes, people began to revolt. conflict happened at the ministry of foreign affairs, resulting in civilians killed
• after the conflict at the ministry of foreign affairs, the people became angry, upset that their new king was using force to get what he wanted
• in anger, civilians stormed the palace of Tuileries and Louis Philippe fled. many rejoiced this, but many were nervous about what was going to happen to France
• a new provisional government was formed- "the Second Republic" in hopes of creating universal suffrage. universal male suffrage was granted
• national workshop- help for the unemployed, which resulted in many people getting jobs. laws around freedom of speech was also relaxed
• the poor were happy, but the rich are not, and they left Paris, taking their busies with them which left the city in a state of poverty and overcrowding
• a new government was formed and new taxes were made. with a lack of funds, the national workshop was closed
• June days uprising- revolt after national workshop was closed
• Louis Napoleon Bonaparte was sworn in as president, but when he tried to be re elected, they wouldn't let him because he lacked control
• Louis Napoleon staged a military coup and made himself president for the next ten years, and then made himself the emperor
• Louis Napoleon helped the British fight the crimean wars and were successful.
• Louis Napoleon tried to fight prussia but he was captured, and France could return to a a democracy which they were happy about.
• revolution failed due to lack of orginization and support from people and bad leaders