HIST 2102H Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Levée En Masse, Pospolite Ruszenie, Counter-Revolutionary
20 Feb 2016
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They would began fighting very expensive wars. The revolution that occurs in france is from above. Many men deserted the army when he revolution broke out. French navy suffers terribly, good ships, bad crews. Picture the tennis court oath and the creation of the national assembly. Wealthy elites breaking away creating the national assembly. Wrestling the government away from louis the 16th. Picture execution of louis xvi and his queen, marie antoinette. The king loses more and more of his power until he is guillotined. They are the center of the counter revolutionary government. Picture july 14, 1789 fall of the bastille. Building an army to invade france and save her. Picture frederick william ii, king of prussia. He is against france and joins leopold, both do not want to see the mass public being given weapons, just wanted to invade france to eliminate the revolution.
