Louis XVI King of France ascending the throne at the age of twenty. He was of average intelligence, but was not overly concerned with the running of the country. When he came to power, France was deeply in debet. Louis tried to carry out some reforms that wer…
Continue ReadingOn June 17,1789 the Third Estate formed the National Assembly and invited the reprasentatives of the clergy and the nobility to join them. Three days later, finding themselves locked out of the hall where they usually met, they marched as a group to the royal…
Continue ReadingThe guillotine was named after Dr.Joseph Guillotine.He was a man who was described as being kind, and who wanted to make execution more painless. The guillotine quickly became a symbol of tyranny during the French Revolution. Victims were placed on a bench fa…
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