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__ My Story of the French Revolution __ Brittny Castillo

My name is Annalisa, my family and I am part of the Third Estate in France. It was 1789 when I was 15 years old. My mother and father work on a manor and harvest fields for Noble Gregorio. I see the way my parents struggle and I worry every day. King Louis XVI was currently in the throne. However all is not well. As it seems a revolution is taking place. The causes of the Revolution seem to be financial problems. France’s involvement in the American Revolution was costly and the King’s stupid extravagant spending left France in dept. He married Marie Antoinette, or as we like to call her Madame Deficit. We disliked her not only because she is from our enemy country Austria but she spends way too much in her lavish lifestyle. She buys clothes and jewels while most of us are starving and many families are suffering day by day. I swear the first and second estate is way too selfish. Yet, they still have the disrespect to ask us for even more taxes. All in all we “peasants”, as they like to call us, have to rebel. The way we are treated is very unfair and it is about time some one did something! The Estates-General Meeting was called on May 5th. The decided that the voting system should be by estate and not by head. What is that all about?!? The First estate is less than 1% and the 2nd estate is 2 % of the population. We have 98% and that only counts as 1 vote, this is specifically so we don’t get a say in things and issues. I guess that means more taxation for us, although more than half our income leaves us with nothing. Yay! Everyone has agreed and we are finally called the National Assembly. This creates a more important feel and gives us more “say”, Meeting of the National Assembly. However 3 days after our “communes” get locked out of the meeting house. Fortunately we decide to knock down the door and stay until they fix the Constitution. This was eventually called the Tennis Court Oath. On July 14 everything went chaotic. Many people went into the city and invaded the prison in Paris known as the Bastille. This took place because people wanted to get gunpowder. This definitely was a major flash point of the Revolution. The Revolution was taking a long time and my family, along with others, was struggling. Paying high taxes to the noble, and clergy and many other necessities we now couldn’t afford. Times were very tough. In 1792 the guillotine was adopted as the official execution form. In 1793 Louis was executed because of accused betrayal. Robespierre, a general, took place while the real leader came to the picture. He played great part in the actual arresting of Louis. However he was guillotined too and without trial. His leadership period was named the Reign of Terror. All in all, the real leader of the French Revolution was Napoleon Bonaparte. Napoleon Bonaparte was strong and was not born into power. This gave him the advantage of most people. He bettered the financial aspect and made issues more stable. Napoleon married Josephine in 1796. Everything was brightening. Napoleon won conquests and had many victories. The French Revolution officially ended in 1799, Many battles took place within this period of time but I know one day it is going to be one of the most significant Revolutions in the history of the world. When you live for a strong purpose, then hard work isn’t an option. It’s a necessity, but I got through everything with family.

Topics: World War I World War II