435 cross bay NY
Age 15
In the country known as France where the king and queen was Marie Antoinette and king was Louis xvi. Many things can happen with a bossy king a queen that wants every thing very expensive. Things such as a strike, a war, or maybe a execution can happen. All of these things did happen and they all happen in France.
In May 16, 1770 Marie and Louis got married at the Versailles. In May 5 The Estates-General begins to meet at Versailles. It is made up of representatives from France three traditional estates: the clergy, the nobility, and the Third Estate (everybody else). The nobility was basically the first estate they were wealth. The 2nd estate was also a wealth estate but the first was more wealthier. The first estate and 2nd estate only made up 2% of the population.
The 3rd estate was the the only estate that did had to pay taxes. The 3rd estate also made up 98% of the population. They paid taxes to the king and many people in the 3 estate did not agree to keep paying for the king and queen. The queen was buying things very expensive and wasting the money they had for the taxes on her.
King louis was executed by the 3rd estate because of many reasons. The radical republicans decided that a dead Monarch was less dangerous to the French Revolution then a living one. marie antoinette had a big influenced on the execution as well so there fore she was also executed. louis and louis was not executed the same day.
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