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Debunking the myths of the French Revolution
but the French Revolution was lead by the bourgeoisie from the start. In May 1789, King Louis XVI called a meeting of the Estates-General, to try and find a solution to France’s financial problems.
Smithsonian Magazine24d
On This Day in 1793, Revolutionaries Executed the King of France by Guillotine, a Deadly Machine They Saw as a Symbol of Equality
Supporters of the French Revolution ... The execution of Louis XVI on January 21, 1793, is one of the French Revolution’s most iconic moments. That morning, the French king made his last ...
PBS1y
The French Revolution
Even the opulent King Louis XVI, fonder of hunting and locksmithing ... of the greatest social upheavals in Western history, the French Revolution. Violence spread to the countryside, where ...
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Louis XVI, l'homme qui ne voulait pas être roi
The dramatic events around the French king Louis XVI and the French crises in the late 1700's with no will to pay taxes, which led Louis XVI into an impossible situation as a king.
Moviefone28d
The French Revolution (2005)
The French Revolution vividly unfurls in a maelstrom of violence, discontent, and fundamental change. King Louis XVI, Marie Antoinette, Maximilien Robespierre, and Napoleon Bonaparte lead a cast ...