What Was The Cause Of The French Revolution

Today 7,000 women marched on the castle of Versailles to demand bread for their families. They killed the guards put their heads on spikes and stormed the castle demanding to see the King and his family. The King met with a group of women and promised to give all the bread in the castle to the crowd. However, soon after the National Guard arrived and demanded that the King and his family come back to Paris with them. Given no other choice the King had to agree. Now he is being held captive in his own palace in Paris. By forcing Louis to come back back to Paris with them, this caused him to lose power and give more power to us, the people.
The March on Versailles contributed to the idea of the Democracy, because in that moment the monarchy complied to the people's demands and gave the people more power by following the orders that the people gave. …show more content…
The cause of this is Maximilien Robespierre trying to turn France into a republic. Over the months that Robespierre has been in charge of the national assembly, which he now calls the National Convention, thousands of people have been sent to the guillotine. Most of the people sent to the guillotine have been aristocrats and supporters of the monarchy. Most of those aristocrats have done nothing but have been born into a higher family, but they are getting charged with treason or supporting the king. The goal of the Reign of Terror was to purge France of the people against the Republic and all enemies of the revolution. During the time of the Reign of Terror over 40,000 people were beheaded by guillotine.
The Reign of Terror contributed to the rise of democracy, because it got people to unite to protect their freedom, even in the most gory