may 5, 1789 - Start of the French Reveloution

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Location: France.
Causes: Economic hardship, inequality, influence of Enlightenment.
Key Events:
The Storming of the Bastille – A symbol of the monarchy's power being challenged.
Women’s March on Versailles – Women demanded bread and action from King Louis XVI.
Results: Overthrow of the monarchy, establishment of a republic, spread of revolutionary ideas.
Key Figures: Louis XVI, Marie Antoinette, Maximilien Robespierre.
Vocabulary: Bastille, Versailles, monarchy.
Image Idea: Bastille being stormed, march to Versailles, depictions of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette.

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