Thursday, September 27, 2007
French Revolution
The french revoolution was hard time for the french people because ethey were running out of food and the kings didnt really care all that much because they werent very good kings and didnt care that much.There was three different estates the first and second estate was all rich people like the king and the government and the third estate was the people of france like the pesants and the working people.The third estate was very upset because they were getting taxed so much money and they were no jobs avalible and it was hard for them to survive. so the three estates came together to see if they could resolve this tax problem but the third estate could not win because it was like estates verses 1.Shortly after the third estate was turned down on there tax deduction the third estate took what is called the tennis oath they stood on the tennis courts and would not move unless they made up a new constitutiion.The people of france were very upset they stormed into the largesty prison ion france and betile in pursuit of weapopns they were rioting and they were going to go to the kings pallace and get what they wanted lower taxes and better oppertunities.And shortly after all this the assembly released the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen, which established a proper judicial code and the autonomy of the French people.So after all this the french people got what they wanted but soon enough the king and his wife were killed by the people from the guiotein
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