2. THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
• THE FRENCH REVOLUTION WAS ONE OF THE INFLUENTIAL OF MODERN HISTORY
• THE 10 YEAR PERIOD FROM 1789-1799 WHEN FRANCE WENT FROM A
MONARCHY TO A REPUBLIC
• TO A REIGN OF TERROR, TO DICTATORSHIP WAS ONE OF THE MOST TUMULTOUS
TIMES IN EUROPEAN HISTORY
• IN THE NAME OF “LIBERTY, EQUALITY OR DEATH!” OVER 40.000 PEOPLE LOST
THEIR LIVES TO THE QUILLOTINE