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FRENCH REVOLUTION

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French Revolution trading cards made with Remixer.

KING LOUIS XVI: King of France May 1774-Sept. 1792. Indecisive Conservative. Guillotined Jan. 1793.

MARIE ANTOINETTE: Queen of France From Austria Distrusted. Guillotined Oct. 1793

ESTATES-GENERAL (1789) 1st time since 1614! All 3 Estates 3rd Estate had 1 vote. 3rd Estate locked out.

TENNIS COURT OATH: 3rd Estate Vow to stay together until a Constitution Moderate Reform.

DOROMAC: Declaration of Rights of Man & Citizen Liberty, Property, and Security.

JACQUES NECKER: Finance Minister Sympathetic to 3rd Estate. His firing caused outrage.

STORMING OF THE BASTILLE: 14 July 1789 All 7 prisoners freed. Weapons seized to combat king's troops.

WOMEN'S MARCH: Armed peasants angry about bread prices marched to Versailles. Bring back the king.

SANS-CULOTTES: "Without fancy pants." Common Peasants. Radical & Militant. Wanted Direct Democracy.

DECLARATION OF PILLNITZ: Prussia and Holy Roman Empire pledge to restore King Louis XVI to the throne.

MAXIMILIEN ROBESPIERRE: Head of Committee of Public Safety. Radical Jacobin. Reign of Terror.

REIGN OF TERROR: Radical Jacobins in control. Thousands of death sentences. Ends July 1794.

THE DEATH OF MARAT: Radical journalist. Murdered by Charlotte Corday, a Girondist Famous David painting.

NAPOLEON BONAPARTE: First Consul 1799-1804. French Emperor 1804-14. Built an Empire. Defeated at Waterloo.

CONGRESS OF VIENNA: 1814-15 after the Napoleonic Wars. Broke up French Empire. Restored monarchs.

Questions? E-mail Tom Mullaney, mistermullaney@gmail.com.

Images from the Wikimedia Commons:

August InsurrectionBattle of the PyramidsBonaparte at the Pont d'ArcoleBonaparte, First ConsulCongress of Vienna MapDeclaration of PillnitzDeclaration of the Rights of Man and of the CitizenEstates-GeneralExecution of Marie Antoinette Jacques NeckerKing Louis XVIMap of France - French FlagMarie AntoinetteMaximilien RobespierreNapoleon abdicated in FontainebleauNapoleon Crossing the AlpsNapoleon on Saint HelenaNapoleon's return from ElbaNapoleon's withdrawal from RussiaReign of TerrorSans-culottesStorming of the Bastille Tennis Court OathThe Coronation of NapoleonThe Death of MaratThe Execution of Maximilien RobespierreThe Place de la Bastille and the July Column where the Bastille once stood (jean-louis zimmermann - Flickr)Women's March on Versailles

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