History of the French Revolution
History of the French Revolution
The French Revolution was a time when people wanted their ideas known, right after the Enlightenment. The middle class also known as the third estate wanted some power, in the control of the government, but wasn’t receiving any notice. They knew that they had to revolt.
It all started when King Louis XVI was in control ruling as an absolute monarchy the second and third estate felt that they weren’t getting their ideas into the government, plus the third estate was very poor and they only held very limited power and Louis held it all. So it seemed like Louis finally noticed them so he called a meeting with the second estate, but the whole meeting was about how he (Louis) could raise money, but when the second estate started asking questions about their very small power he (Louis) called the meeting off and adjourned everyone. The second and third estate still wanted their ideas and their rights so most of them signed a document that stated that they would not leave unless they came up with a paper stating all of their ideas. After being on the tennis court for a couple of days Louis was just about forced to take notice of the two estates. He was willing to give the two parties some of what they wanted but the two estates were worried and did not trust what Louis had to say. They did the only thing they thought they could do and revolt the attacked prisons and forts to get supplies and weapons and as they were going wild Louis begin to get scared so he and his family fled France so with the riots going on the citizens started their own government.
After a while someone in the country that Louis was hiding in notice who he really was, so he was brought back to France but with his power just about completely stripped from him, but then the country that he was hiding out in saw the revolution as a terrible thing so began an attack on France to try to get the whole thing back in order. The French thought that Louis had asked for help while in Austria so he and his family were beheaded and their heads were put on display. So with the monarchy eliminated they could now form yet another government but still the third...