This presentation Gives insights on the French revolution and the events in France during the French revolution.

1. The French
Revolution
Presented by
Yumna Kazie

2. The king of France
Louis XVI
• King Louis XVI was born on August 23
1754.
• He ruled France from 1774 at the
young age of 20 .
• King Louis XVI led an absolute
Monarchy .
• He married Marie Antoinette an
Austrian princess.
• He died on the 21 January 1793 at
the guillotine at the age of 38.

3. Marie
Antoinette
• Marie Antoinette was born
on November 2 1755.
• She ruled France with her
husband Louis XVI from
1744.
• She married King Louis XVI
at the age of 14 .
• She died on the 16 October
1793 at the guillotine at the
age of 37 .

4. Causes Of the French Revolution
Short term causes
• Bankruptcy , the king and his wife
spent money wastefully.
• Unfair tax system the first and second
estate paid no taxes.
• Famine hit France and there was a
shortage of food.
Long Term Causes
• Absolutism
• Unjust political system
• The French revolution influenced
other revolutions .

5. Set up of Estates in France
The First estate
The Clergy
The second estate
The nobility
The Third estate
The common
people or peasants

6. The estates
general
• On 5 May 1789 the king
called the estate-general to
discuss the political crisis in
France.
• The clergy and noble could
vote however the third
estate could not vote and
were unhappy.

7. The tennis court
oath or national
assembly
• On 20 June 1789 the third
estate had a national
assembly near a tennis court
• They wanted equal voting
rights and a new constitution
• The lower ranking members
of the clergy and nobility
joined the third estate
• This was a success and the
third estate could vote

8. The Storming of
the Bastille
• On 14 July 1789 the Bastille
was attacked by the third
estate
• The Bastille was a prison
that was a symbol of the
monarchs power therefore
the third estate attacked
the bastille to show their
frustration because the
King did not listen to their
demands .

9. The women's
march to
Versailles
• On 5 October 1789 a crowd
of angry women went to
the palace of Versailles
demanding bread and that
the king make political
reforms because their
families were starving and
the price of bread was
unaffordable .

10. The declaration of
rights of men and
citizen
.On 26 August 1789 the
declaration of rights of men
and citizen was drawn up ,this
document ensured equal
rights for French citizens .

11. End of
revolution
• Louis XVI was executed
• The monarchy came to an
end
• France had a new leader
nepoleon Bonapartewho
brought new reforms to
France.

12. Napoleon Bonaparte

13. The End!!
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