Causes of the war

CAUSES OF THE WAR

Political: Louis XVI was a week ruler.

Economic: Debts from much previous wars caused France to go bankrupt.

Social: People revolted feeling the monarchy was wrong

Immediate: The French economy crises

POLITICAL AND SOCIAL

GROUP WANTS

1st & 2nd Estate: Church and Nobility

3rd Estate: Bourgeoisie serfs

Jacobins: People who supported the republic

Moderates: Opposed religion

IMPORTANT LEADERS

Louis XVI: King of France who was chased out of his country

M. Robespierre: French lawyer

Napoleon Bonaparte: French military and Ex- leader of France

Olympia de Gouges: Political Activist

IM PO RTAN T EVEN TSΩ

1789: The estates general meets for the first time since 1614

July 14th 1789: The storming of the bastille

1793-1794: Outbreak of rebellion against the revolution

1799: Battle of terbia

1814-1815: Treaty of Paris

HO W THE CO UN TRY CHAN GED AFTER THE REVOLU TIO N

Political 1st government: The tennis court oath

2nd government: Republic government

3rd government: Napoleon rewrote the French laws

Economic: The country was extremely poor

Social: Napoleon was defeated at Waterloo