French Revolution
By: Alan Nguyen
Background infomation
- King was in debt by 4 billion Livres
- Heavy taxes to paid debt
- Government had no money
- Bad harvest, unemployed up, wages down
- prices up, people starving
- Queen said "Let 'em eat cake"
- Eating cake didn't help the starvation problem
Revolts
- Storming of the Bastille is the most famous revolt
- bastille means fortified building and armory
- People had concerns about the economy
- Other armories were raided for guns
- Bakeries and mills were raided for food
- Attacked Paris Opera
- Paris Opera represented Aristocratic Luxury
Effects of the protests
- freed the 7 prisoners of the Bastille
- Took the guns from the armories and Bastille
- Revolts kept the poor and working class poor
- Storming of the Bastille symbolized that the king has no power
- Started the change from a Parliamentary government to a popular government
The French Revolution -In a Nutshell
Assessment Response
The participants of the protests demonstrate their beliefs by overthrowing the king and changing the way the country was ruled.