The French Revolution
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Maximillian Robespierre
Who: “The Incorruptible”
What: Master orator, one of the Revolutions final victims
Where: France
When: 18
th
century
Why: Changed the face of France
Through him, the people gain a voice of liberty, equality and revolution
Louis XVI (16
th
)
Who:
What: He was executed for treason by guillotine in 1793
Where: France
When: 18
th
century
Why: Marries Marie Antoinette
Marie Antoinette
Who:
What: Very young when she comes to Versailles
Where: From Austria, living at Versailles
When: 18
th
century
Why: Life at Versailles is a never ending ritual, obsesses with fashion
Enlightenment
Who: New age of ideas
What: Age of reason
Where: France
When: 18
th
century
Why: Drive for equality threatens aristocracy
“Madam Deficit”
Who: Marie Antoinette
What: Name given to her because of her debts
Where: Versailles
When: 18
th
century
Why: Creating debt and hasn’t produced an heir
Jacques Necker
Who: Enlightenment thinker
What: Most popular minister because of his writings
Where: France
When: 18
th
century
Why: finance minister of Louis XVI
He supported the Third estate
Estates General
Who:
was the first meeting since 1614 of the French Estates-General, a general assembly
representing the French estates of the realm
