French Revolutions: the Beginnings
- causes of the revolution
- debt
- taxation
- failure of reform
- famile
- Debt
- was around 8 to 12 billion livre(thier currency)
- Louis XVI spent a lot of money on luxurious things
- they still had war debts for the 7 years war in 1756
- compiled casue they wernt exploring like englands
- england was able to use the colonies as a steady source of income
- france had not completely bought into mercantilism either at this time like england had
- taxation
- france was heavily incolced in trading
- however to be a great trading country you cannot have high tariffs so you need to tax heabily on your people
- masses of people of france not too thrilled with this idea also nobles did not pay these taxes
- some french thought nobles should be included in tax
- plan backfired and peasants had to pay more
- Famine
- crap failier
- supply and demand accurs here with bread
- got to the point where peasnats thoght the crown had wished them to die(conspiracy)
- Guillotine
- condemed person would have there body locked with there neck under a steal blade
- however it really continued to be used after the revolution and remained Frances standard method of judicial executino until the abolition of capital punishment with the backing of president Francois Mitterrad in 1981
- Marie Antoinette
- Born in Austria
- Married in Loius the XVI
- cecame the queen of france
- 2 sons and 2 doughters
- very popular
- at the end unpopular
- execueted by the guilletine
- Napolion
- military leader
- became emperor of france
- known for
- napolionic code
- height
- battle tactivs
- waterloo
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