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The French people did not like the

King’s decisions and attacked the

Bastille, which was a prison lled with

innocent people imprisoned by the

nobles and clergy.

The unrest kept on going until France,

which was trying to save King Louis

XVI’s monarchy, got into war.

Despite narrowly winning the war,

France was announced to be no

longer a monarchy in September,

1792, and both the King and the

Queen were executed with the

guillotine.

The revolution succeeded, and

anyone who was against the

revolution was under the threat of

being executed or imprisoned, so

people were very careful when talking

in public or saying anything against

the revolution.

Let’s Research!

• Divide the class into 3 groups, and each group should represent an Estate of the

Estates-General meeting. Hold a debate between the groups simulating how the

meeting went.

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