French Revolution
The French Revolution was a huge change in government in France leading from 1789 to the late 1790's. This eventually lead to the ascention of Napolean Bonaparte. The people of France lead the revolution to completely tear down the monarchy and replace it with a new governmental system. At the time, the rulers were King Louis XVI and his wife, Marie Antionette. The King had four children by the time of the revolution. The revolution was a way of protesting the King's economic control, which was so weak that under his rule, flour and grain prices skyrocketed, forcing many onto the streets to starve. The hungry people then conducted riots, which began the French Revolution.
As the revolution began, artists encouraged it by creating pornographic art of the Queen, attempting to potray her as a hartlette. To some, it seemed like the gods were also angry, because the worst winter in French history reigned down upon them. Louis, having no choice, hired a financial adviser by the name of John Necker. Necker was secretly part of the revolution.
At this time, a man named Maximillian Robespierre was protesting with his collegues that nobility and clergies should have to pay taxes, because it made it uneven to the poor. After they were refused, they began their own Parliament, which would come to be called the National Assembly. This sent the King's army to war with the revolutioners. Not long after, the King learned of Necker's secret and fired him. The revolutionists were furious, and nothing remained but war of the people. In the man square, a man was beheaded in battle. This became the signature of the French, and ended up being their way of murdering traitors and nobility.
Stepping up their game, the National Assembly wrote the Declaration of the Rights of Men, a document completely empty of any mention of a king. This was their signal to the king that the monarchy was over. The King responds to this by throwing a party, where the attenders trample over the Revolutionary flag. This infuriated people further, and women, fed up with the lack of food and the consistent war, went to the King with complaints- in the form of weapons. He realized that the revolution had to be dealt with, and as the women beat down his door, he signed the Declaration of the Rights of Men.
Just to ensure that the King was being good natured in his signing, they moved the royal family to Paris. The King was hesitant when asked to move, and this moment of hesitancy put the royal family into grave danger as the palace is stormed with a demand for the Queen's blood. They finally force them into a carraige and ride them to Paris- all the while as they sit in a carraige of the heads of their guards. It is agreed that they establish a constitutional monarchy, but as the Assembly slowly begins to diminish the King's power, his worry increases. He invents an elaborate plan of escape for him and his family. Just moments before crossing into safe land, they're caught, making the King out to be a traitor. He was then arrested with the rest of the family.
The people demanded the death penalty, and while Robespierre, a peaceful and level-headed man, tries to stop it, it is uninvitable. The King became the first of their victims to be killed via the Guillitine. With Marie Antionette still living, people declare war on her, and by doing so declare war on Austria, her homeland. Marie willingly supports the fight with Austria, but, secretly, she was adding them.
The people soon realized this, and 2,000 people lead a massacre of the Royal Guards.
As the revolution began, artists encouraged it by creating pornographic art of the Queen, attempting to potray her as a hartlette. To some, it seemed like the gods were also angry, because the worst winter in French history reigned down upon them. Louis, having no choice, hired a financial adviser by the name of John Necker. Necker was secretly part of the revolution.
At this time, a man named Maximillian Robespierre was protesting with his collegues that nobility and clergies should have to pay taxes, because it made it uneven to the poor. After they were refused, they began their own Parliament, which would come to be called the National Assembly. This sent the King's army to war with the revolutioners. Not long after, the King learned of Necker's secret and fired him. The revolutionists were furious, and nothing remained but war of the people. In the man square, a man was beheaded in battle. This became the signature of the French, and ended up being their way of murdering traitors and nobility.
Stepping up their game, the National Assembly wrote the Declaration of the Rights of Men, a document completely empty of any mention of a king. This was their signal to the king that the monarchy was over. The King responds to this by throwing a party, where the attenders trample over the Revolutionary flag. This infuriated people further, and women, fed up with the lack of food and the consistent war, went to the King with complaints- in the form of weapons. He realized that the revolution had to be dealt with, and as the women beat down his door, he signed the Declaration of the Rights of Men.
Just to ensure that the King was being good natured in his signing, they moved the royal family to Paris. The King was hesitant when asked to move, and this moment of hesitancy put the royal family into grave danger as the palace is stormed with a demand for the Queen's blood. They finally force them into a carraige and ride them to Paris- all the while as they sit in a carraige of the heads of their guards. It is agreed that they establish a constitutional monarchy, but as the Assembly slowly begins to diminish the King's power, his worry increases. He invents an elaborate plan of escape for him and his family. Just moments before crossing into safe land, they're caught, making the King out to be a traitor. He was then arrested with the rest of the family.
The people demanded the death penalty, and while Robespierre, a peaceful and level-headed man, tries to stop it, it is uninvitable. The King became the first of their victims to be killed via the Guillitine. With Marie Antionette still living, people declare war on her, and by doing so declare war on Austria, her homeland. Marie willingly supports the fight with Austria, but, secretly, she was adding them.
The people soon realized this, and 2,000 people lead a massacre of the Royal Guards.