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7th issue: July, 1793

The Reign of Terror

By Zachary Conkright Maximilien Robespierre did many

things during the Reign of Terror. Robespierre wanted to get rid of everything from France’s past, so he changed the calendars to have six days a week and 12 months in a year, he also got rid of Sunday’s because it was used for religion, which he thought was dangerous and a waste of time. Robespierre executed hundreds each day; they were mostly from the third estate with a few from the second and even fewer from the first, he also executed some of his enemies like Georges Danton and other revolution leaders just because they weren’t as radical as he was. Robespierre, at first, killed people en masse as a means of solving the problems of starvation and unemployment, but it turned into purposeful depopulation. Robespierre did many more things during the Reign of Terror.

Before the Reign of Terror, Robespierre had a different life. At the age of eight he already knew how to read and write so he went to middle school instead of elementary school.

He studied at Louis-le-Grand until age twenty-three, and also received his training as a lawyer obtained a medal from the Academy of Metz. King Louis sixteenth announced new elections for all provinces, allowing Robespierre to run for a position of deputy for the Third Estate, he succeeded in being elected.

Inside this issue:

1 The Reign of Terror

2 Reader’s Write: King Louis XVI & Marie Antoinette’s Lifestyles.

3 The Stabbing of Marat

4 5 Real Estate: The Palace

of Versailles Highlights:

Readers speak out

on Page 2!

Marat is stabbed!

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Marie Antoinette and Louis XVI:

Working hard or hardly working? By Tess Fulkerson

Recently, it’s come to the people’s

attention that the King and Queen, though

supposed to live lavishly, have been over-

living. Otherwise nicknamed Madame

Deficit, Queen Marie Antoinette has been

overspending and under-caring about her

country. She has a very flippant attitude

about towards the French peasantry and

seems to not care at all that her outrageous

spending is costing the entire country. Not

to mention her infidelity to our King Louis

XVI, she is just not mature enough to have

taken on the responsibility of Queen.

Also not completely innocent is King

Louis XVI. He does not side with the Third

Estate’s views and many say he was too

immature to take the role of King at the

time that he did. Louis XVI also does not

take power when it is needed, how else

could his wife put our country in such debt?

He is not fit to run a country because he is

too shy and we need someone strong-willed

and brave enough to step in when discipline

is needed.

Their lifestyles are pampered and

spoiled. They give and give to the first and

second estate while we have nothing. Being

a renowned merchant here, it’s insulting to

still not be considered in the upper class.

Marie Antoinette has the jewelry of a

goddess and doesn’t even think about the

starving lower class. As a whole, and as

most of France, we need to meet together

to come up with a plan to end this

ridiculousness. It is time to be equal; see me

or any of the other members of the

National Assembly to join if you agree.

(Pictured above is the first National Assembly)

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The Stabbing of Marat

By Jor-ja Fuqua

Jacques-Louis David born May 24,

1743 died yesterday, July 13, 1793, at age

50, after being brutally stabbed in his

bathtub, by Charlotte Corday. He did not

die at the moment of the stabbing, but

suffered a few minutes, then later on

passed away. Marie-Anne Charlotte de

Corday D'Armont , (also known as Charlotte

Corday), shall be executed under the

guillotine for the assassination of Jacobin

leader Jean-Paul Marat, who was in part

responsible, through his role as a politician

and journalist, for the more radical course

the Revolution has taken. More specifically,

he played a substantial role in the political

purge of the Girondins, with whom Corday

sympathized. In 1793, he was elected

president of the Jacobins club and asked for

the destitution of the Girondins, whom he

believed where enemies of the

republicanism. On the other side, the

Girondins attacked the dictatorship of the

Montagnards and their famous leaders,

Robespierre, Danton and Marat.

Jean-Paul Marat was a physician,

political theorist, and scientist best known

for his career in France. He broadcast his

views through impassioned public speaking,

essay writing, and newspaper journalism,

which carried his message throughout

France. His constant persecution of

"enemies of the people," consistent

condemnatory message, and uncanny

prophetic powers brought him the trust of

the populace and made him their unofficial

link to the radical Jacobin group that came

to power in June 1793. Many are please to

hear that the beheading of his murderer,

Charlotte Corday, shall take place tomorrow

at around noon.

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Sports

The Tennis Court Oath

By Hunter Williams

BREAKING NEWS, the tennis

games from yesterday have been canceled

until further notice. There are tons of men

and women standing on them because they

have to pay more taxes than they want. They

are trying to get the 1st and 2

nd estates to also

pay half their money on taxes to. According

to witnesses they were locked out of the

building they were having a meeting in

with the 1st and 2

nd estate people, they

then decided to go to the tennis courts

until they could get some justice, and as

far as we know they are still there

waiting.

According to another eye witness

they broke down the door into the indoor

tennis facility and yelled out pledging to

stay there until the 1st and 2

nd estate wrote

a new constitution to which they had to

pay more taxes and that the 3rd

estate

would be treated more fairly. That’s not

all after the 1st and 2

nd estate found out

nobles and members of the clergy went

with them and waited too!!!! After

realizing this the King realized there is

going to be trouble ahead, he then ordered

the 1st and 2

nd estate to go join the National

Assembly along with the 3rd

estate, he also

sent troops to them to make sure that

everything went smoothly, but chaos soon

broke out, because the upper clergy and

nobles wanted to keep their privilege. So all

of this happened because the estates couldn’t

agree on how much the 1st and 2

nd estates

should pay for their taxes.

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Real Estate

Palace Of Versailles

King Louis XVI and Queen Marie Antoinette

have recently been kicked out of the Palace

of Versailles so it is up for sale. All the

furnishings are included, everything is in

good condition. Peasants also come with

the fairgrounds, garden, and kitchen.

Starting Price: $1,000,000

Bidding Place: The Estate General

Date: July 18th

The Élysée Palace is for sale by owner. It is not

furnished, but includes peasants for courtyard and

kitchen. Send letters to 2748 Estate Road with bids.

Starting Price is $645,000.

The Élysée Palace

FOR SALE FOR SALE