How Did The French Revolution Start

Right after America gained its independence from Britain, France’s problems started. The United States was too young and undeveloped of a country to repay France for their help in the war. Another one of France’s problems was their government. King Louis XVI and his wife Mary Antoinette were spending more money than they were taking in, resorting in a financial problem. Monarchy was the main type of government in the 1700s but it wasn’t efficient. King Louis XVI had the power to make laws and know one could say nothing about it. France’s society was all but great, it was divided into classes. The highest class was the government leaders, they lived a comfortable and fancy life making a good income. The middle class was made up of merchants and business owners they lived a well life with an o.k. income. The worst class was the poor farmers and servants. This class made up 80% of France, they lived in horrible conditions and had to pay the highest of taxes. Being fed up with the many problems the people started a rebellion. Another reason why this rebellion started because enlightenment ideas swept through Europe. The idea of a government ran by the people. The first main act of the Revolution is the storming of the Bastille. The rebels stole guns from all over Paris but needed gunpowder and the only way to get it was in the Bastille. The Bastille was a fortress that was suppose to protect France. It was made up of 8 huge columns and was a square shape. The storming of the Bastille is a national
Maximilien de Robespierre was a French politician that started the Committee of Public Safety. Because of the lower classes rebellion 300,000 were captured and 20,000 were killed. Eventually Robespierre’s Committee was charged for a crime and the leaders of this group were sentenced to death or prison. Robespierre tried to kill himself but failed,eventually was sentenced to