MARIE ANTOINETTE
What was the French Revolution?
Who was Marie Antoinette?
- Began on May 5th, 1789 until 1799
- Began in Paris,France
- Government financial crisis
- Liberal and radical ideas
- Major period of social/political upheaval
- Poor against wealthy
- Poor were angry with wealth of king and queen
- A beautiful woman
- The symbol of the sheer extravagance of the French monarchy
- A teenage wife married to the Dauphin of France Louis XVI
- A very rich queen who shares her wealth with friends
What was Marie Antoinette's role in the French Revolution?
- Caused the poor to resent monarchy by flaunting wealth
- Arranged marriage with Louis XVI
- France's desire for a baby boy
- Her antics ended her life by a guillotine.
- She was beheaded