The Introduction
Have you ever wondered what it was like in the French Revolution? Well, that’s what I am here for! I am King Louis XVI. I was the son of Louis XV. I was King of France from 1774 to 1792.We are in great debt at the moment, for my fathers before me have failed in keeping this country stable. We were divided into 3 estates. The First Estate, The Second Estate, and lastly The Third Estate. Everyone was divided into one estate, which showed your power and wealth. I, However, was not in the Estates. I lived in the Versailles, where I oversaw everything. I married Marie Antoinette, archduchess of Austria, where she lived with me at the Versaille.
First Estate:
This was where the clergy stood.The higher clergy consisted of nobles. …show more content…
Parisians crowded outside and demanded for weapons and gunpowder, which were supposedly stored there.
The commander refused to open the gates, and a riot started.
They openly fired on the crowd. Many people were killed in the fight. Eventually the enraged people broke through the defenses. They killed the guards and the commander and released prisoners. Although they succeeded, they did not find any weapons.
Bastille day is still celebrated today, and a symbol Bastille is up today. I represented the years of abuse by the monarchy. It hit me bad, it showed me what is actually happening in the world. This event showed a challenge to the sheer existence of the regime. Since 1880, they have celebrated this day as their
Independence Day. It showed that the monarch was not the best, and was abusive. It directly affected the government and the democracy because it was the Independence Day that is still being celebrated today. So, based off that fact, It was a huge moment for the Parisians and the …show more content…
Many nobles,royalties,clergy, and commoners were sentenced to the guillotine as well. I had already died when this happened, for
I was also sentenced to death. My wife also was sentenced, and she died by the guillotine. Everyone cheered and celebrated her death. The reason she was killed was because the people thought that Marie was the one responsible for the lack of bread. Robespierre was a tyrant who created the guillotine which lasted from 1793 to 1794. He said “It is necessary to stifle the domestic and foreign enemies of the Republic or perish with them.” It was clear that he did not like traitors to the government. He would often sentence people with treason, which sent them to the guillotine. This was the start of terror which was broken up by the Committee of Public Safety.
The Rise of
Have you ever wondered what it was like in the French Revolution? Well, that’s what I am here for! I am King Louis XVI. I was the son of Louis XV. I was King of France from 1774 to 1792.We are in great debt at the moment, for my fathers before me have failed in keeping this country stable. We were divided into 3 estates. The First Estate, The Second Estate, and lastly The Third Estate. Everyone was divided into one estate, which showed your power and wealth. I, However, was not in the Estates. I lived in the Versailles, where I oversaw everything. I married Marie Antoinette, archduchess of Austria, where she lived with me at the Versaille.
First Estate:
This was where the clergy stood.The higher clergy consisted of nobles. …show more content…
Parisians crowded outside and demanded for weapons and gunpowder, which were supposedly stored there.
The commander refused to open the gates, and a riot started.
They openly fired on the crowd. Many people were killed in the fight. Eventually the enraged people broke through the defenses. They killed the guards and the commander and released prisoners. Although they succeeded, they did not find any weapons.
Bastille day is still celebrated today, and a symbol Bastille is up today. I represented the years of abuse by the monarchy. It hit me bad, it showed me what is actually happening in the world. This event showed a challenge to the sheer existence of the regime. Since 1880, they have celebrated this day as their
Independence Day. It showed that the monarch was not the best, and was abusive. It directly affected the government and the democracy because it was the Independence Day that is still being celebrated today. So, based off that fact, It was a huge moment for the Parisians and the …show more content…
Many nobles,royalties,clergy, and commoners were sentenced to the guillotine as well. I had already died when this happened, for
I was also sentenced to death. My wife also was sentenced, and she died by the guillotine. Everyone cheered and celebrated her death. The reason she was killed was because the people thought that Marie was the one responsible for the lack of bread. Robespierre was a tyrant who created the guillotine which lasted from 1793 to 1794. He said “It is necessary to stifle the domestic and foreign enemies of the Republic or perish with them.” It was clear that he did not like traitors to the government. He would often sentence people with treason, which sent them to the guillotine. This was the start of terror which was broken up by the Committee of Public Safety.
The Rise of