The French Revolution

• What type of monarchy was France? 


  An absolute monarchy. It's king was all powerful
• What was happening during the 1780's?


  France's problems were mounting
• Why were France nearly bankrupted?


  1. Cost of helping the Americans

  2. Bad harvests caused price of bread spiralling

  3. High cost of running the place of Versailles
• What happened in 1789 when king Louis the 16th was under pressure?


  He called the estates general which represented the people, nobility and the church
• What happened with the third estate representing the people? 


  They critisised Louis so much that he locked them out and they renamed themselves the national assembly
• What were the national assembly planning? 


  A revolution
• What happened on the 14th of July 1789?


  The fall of Bastille
• What happened in 1792? 


  Monarchy was abolished
• What happened in 1793?


  Louis and Marie Antoinette were executed