The French People were upset with King Louis XVI and Queen Marie Antoinette for raising taxes, and other reason, on the Third Estate. So, the Third Estate attacked the Bastille which at the time was the prison and it held all the weapons the King had. When they stormed it they killed over hundred people and put the governor's, De Launey, head on a pike and paraded it threw the city to send a message to King Louis XVI that they meant business.
The French Revolution took place from 1789 to 1799.
1789Did you know:Louis XVI was deposed in 1789.In 1789 with the Storming of the Bastille.
French king; was forced to accept August Decrees and Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen when angry mob of women stormed Versailles in 1789
French king; was forced to accept August Decrees and Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen when angry mob of women stormed Versailles in 1789
1789-1799It began with the Storming of the Bastille on 14 July 1789 and ended with the coup of the French Consulate against the Directory on 10 November 1799.The French Revolution occured in 1789.From 1789 to 1799.
1789. The Bastille was stormed on the 14th of July.
the French people revolted against the taxes and levies imposed to the benefit of the nobility. In July (14th), a mob stormed the Bastille, a prison-fortress in Paris, searching for powder and guns. That date marks the beginning of the French revolution which led to the fall of the monarchy.
1789
The French Revolution took place from 1789 to 1799.
The kings head
The French Revolution began in 1789.
1789Did you know:Louis XVI was deposed in 1789.In 1789 with the Storming of the Bastille.
The French Revolution of 1789 stood for the ideas of Liberty, Equality and Fraternity.
The French Revolution of 1789 stood for the ideas of Liberty, Equality and Fraternity.
French king; was forced to accept August Decrees and Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen when angry mob of women stormed Versailles in 1789
French king; was forced to accept August Decrees and Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen when angry mob of women stormed Versailles in 1789
1789-1799It began with the Storming of the Bastille on 14 July 1789 and ended with the coup of the French Consulate against the Directory on 10 November 1799.The French Revolution occured in 1789.From 1789 to 1799.