debt
the debt of the french government was around 8 to 12 billion livre
also they still had war debts from he seven years war 1756-1763
much of their debt was complied because they weren't exploring like than rival England
England was able to use the colonies as a steady source of income
taxation
France at this time was heavily involved in trading
masses of people of France not too thrilled with this idea also nobles did not pay the taxes
failure to reform
some french economists stated that the nobles should be included in taxation
this plan backfired as peasants had to pay even more the before
famine
crop failure in the 1780 didnt help much either
supply and demand occurs here with bread
got to the point where peasants thought the crown had wished for them to die
guillotine
the condemned person is secured at the bottom of the frame with his or her neck held directly below the blade
Marie Antoinette
married Louis the 16th
became the queen of the france
had one son and one daughter
at the end of her reign very unpopular
napoleon
military leader during the later stages of the revolution
became the emperor of the french in 1804
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