While King Louis XVI remained the nominal head of state ... Years later Thomas Jefferson would admit that his own support for the French Revolution was misguided: "Your prophecies," he wrote ...

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.

To make the government accountable to the people, we must make it more representative, by uncapping the House of ...

These were the ideals of the early French Revolution: liberté, égalité, fraternité. Louis XVI faced a clear choice. Could he accept equality and liberty for all, or would he fight to keep ...

During the French Revolution, Tussaud was forced craft works of executed nobles – including King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette – to prove she was loyal to the crown. Following the end of the ...

American forces depended on French arms, money ... s an exclusive look at the transcript of a meeting between King Louis XVI and Franklin: Louis XVI: “You want me to say really terrible things ...

Supporters of the French Revolution killed Louis XVI and his wife, Marie Antoinette, with the same apparatus used to execute common criminals Teresa Nowakowski Some of the gems may have featured ...

It was here, on July 14, 1789, that revolutionaries stormed the infamous Bastille prison, a symbol of the tyranny of the ...