Revolution Times

BY MARTIN WAN

POINTS OF
INTEREST

V O L U M E 1 , I S S U E 1
Will Louis
XVI be a

Louis XVI Becomes King!

better mon-
arch?

Are the
Americans
going to win
the war?
It is a historical day ning to criticize especially in these
in France, Louis times. Others say
Louis XVI Has
been found
XVI has taken the he
guilty of trea- throne. Having has good intentions
son
none of the leader- and will do a better
Louis has sent ship job than the last
mercenaries qualities a French few monarchs. But
away
ruler is going to France’s problems
TABLE OF
need to cope with are going to require
CONTENTS
the Nation’s trou- lots of work and ef-
Louis XVI with his awesome
News Articles 1-3 bles, people have fort to fix. But only
Pages (1-3) clothes and hair style
lost time will tell if Louis
Louis XIV 4 hope that this na- XIV will make that
Biography tion will ever re- effort.
solve its many him. Some say he
problems. Many is unprepared to
Louis XIV 4
BioPoem are already begin- lead the country,

Opinion and
Reflection
4
Americans Declare Independence
The Americans have wrote a
document exerting their inde-
pendence from their colonial
father
Great Britain. The war is still
taking place, and men are
fighting hard and dying for the
freedom
of their country. France still
continues to fund this revolu-
tion, plummeting royal treasur- philosopher John Locke.
ies, which Hopefully they will repay their
come largely from taxes paid debt to France, right..?
by the third estate. News has
risen that the Americans are
going
to become a Federal Presi-
dential Constitutional Repub-
lic, and will borrow lots of
ideas from the
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Declaration Of The Rights Of Man And Citizen

“The Declaration of the
Rights of Man and the
Citizen” was recently
passed in the National
Assembly. This docu-
ment, quite similar to
the American Declara-
tion of Independence,
sets
out some basic human
rights for everyone. It
protects people before
The Declaration OF the law. It has taken
The Rights Of Man many ideas from the
And Citizen
English philosopher
John Locke. The docu-
“… and protect
ment even dared to people before
guarantee the law”
freedom of thought,
speech, religion, secu-
rity and property. It
even sets power limits
for the
government. This is a
big change for France,
a good one…

Louis XVI Found Guilty Of Treason

Louis has already been
“He has also been removed from The Royal
Palace, which was re-
stripped of his cently raided by the Paris
mob. He has also been
title, and now
stripped of his title, and
called “Citizen now called “Citizen Louis
Capet”. But he was
Louis Capet” recently found guilty of
multiple crimes against
France. The newly
elected body; the Na-
tional
Convention had decided
to put Louis on trial. The
consequences for trea-
son are always the
same; death. Louis is set
to be guillotined January
21, 1793. Rumors have
been spreading
about a possible trial for
Marie Antoinette.

Louis XVI Sends Mercenaries Away

It is no secret that riots have
Angry Mob
been sparked over the high
Is Storming cost of living. The fact is the
The Bastille riots
have been growing ever
since they started. The mob
claims Louis has responded
to all of
this by sending foreign mer-
cenary troops to the coun-
try. This makes people as-
sume that he
will use the mercenary
troops against the revolu-
tion. This scared the mob
and they began to
arm themselves. They have
recently just stormed the
royal prison and fortress
known as “The
Bastille.” Soldiers sent to
break up the riots joined
them, and the Bastille soon
fell to the mob.
After the governor surren-
dered, his head was cut off
and paraded around the
streets. Louis was
frightened by this act of re-
bellion and has agreed to
send his mercenaries away.

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Mob Forces King & Queen To Move To Paris

Continuing not to ac- women decided to
knowledge the angry march 50 kilometers to “Crowds of
mob, Louis has not Versailles. They de- angry
made any real effort to manded that the King women de-
solve and Queen
France’s issues. He and move to Paris so they cided to
Marie Antoinette are still can see the poor living march 50
living their lives extrava- conditions of their sub- kilometers to
gantly in Versailles. jects. Not having much
While in the mean time choice, they agreed. Versailles”
people in large cities like
Paris are starving. Re-
cently, crowds of angry

Biography - Louis XIV “The Sun King”

Louis XVI, known as the “Sun King”, ruled
France for a long time of seventy years, taking the
throne at age four. He reigned in the period of abso-
lute monarchs. During his seventy year reign, the
power got to his head, and he started to believe he
was the center of the nation. He gave himself the
name “sun king”. Which justifies how he views his
position as the monarch of France.
vor, they would be invited to the royal ceremonies of the day.
These ceremonies include: The royal getting up, the royal
breakfast, the royal lunch, the royal supper, the royal going to
bed, and all the special occasions in between. Nobles even
took daily ballet lessons in order to learn how to move and
gesture gracefully in the presence of the King. Louis also de-
pended on his own judgment, as he only had a few important
ministers in the country. His personal judgment was the law.

But absolute power was not enough for After ruling for 72 years, Louis died of gangrene at
Louis XIV. He wanted to be remembered as the Versailles on 1 September 1715, four days from becoming 77
greatest monarch in Europe. Following this dream, years old. He left France in terrible debt, poverty and pushed
he built the vast palace of Versailles and made it the the nation to disaster.
capital of France. Of course the expenses of the vil-
lage was paid by tax money. He also forced nobles to
live there with him. The nobles had to do everything
with Louis XVI’s consent. If Louis was in their fa-
Martin Wan

Louis XIV
A King, A Tyrant, A father, and an Absolute Monarch
King of France, Enemy of Peasants, Disgrace to the nation
Lover of: Power, Wealth, and Ballet

Louis XIV
Who feels: the need to be remembered as the best king of France, to force nobles to live in his pal-
ace, and to build a village with tax money
Who needs to: be less stubborn, listen to other people, and stop thinking “he is the nation”
Who “fears” nobody but God

Louis XIV
Who gives no: money, food, or sympathy to peasants
Who would like to see: himself as the best kin of France, more wealth, and larger French borders
Resident of Versailles
Louis XIV

French Revolution

Opinion and Reflection

The French revolution was
This newspaper project was not
a period of radical violence, in at-
fun to do. Probably because the
tempt to overthrow the government.
The main reasons for the upheaval criteria sheet was extremely
were: the lob-sided social structure, vague, not giving an accurate de-
high price of bread, a burden of taxes, scription of what needed to be
poverty, famine and a lack of control done. It took lots of effort to try
in political decisions. and understand.

When a new government It is worth mentioning that I

was established, and Robespierre was spent countless lunch hours doing
put in power. France became ex- this project because I DO NOT
tremely left-wing, creating new legis- have Microsoft publisher at
lations to regulate business, granaries home.
and bakeries. Many people were guil-
lotined.
What I truly don't understand is
I think change was definitely why I had to write what I thought
needed in France but, not the changes
about the project…
that actually took place. France ended
up having similar civics to commu-
nism. (Which is not good)