History Fix
In each episode of History Fix, I discuss lesser known stories from history that you won't be able to stop thinking about. Need your history fix? You've come to the right place.
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History Fix
Ep. 90 Révolution Part 1: What the French Revolution Can Still Teach Us Today
This week I discuss the events leading up to the outbreak of the French Revolution during the summer of 1789. You'll learn how Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette came to find themselves on the French throne at a time when the system, that had worked for centuries, was beginning to fail. Shifting social classes, failing harvests, population booms, and economic busts will begin to fuel a runaway sensational media. As the newspapers and pamphlets hit the streets, stirring up fear and panic, pandemonium breaks out amongst the people who arm themselves with weapons and sheer determination to end the toxic "ancien régime."
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Sources:
- biography.com "Louis XVI"
- history.com "French Revolution"
- history.com "Marie Antoinette"
- Encyclopedia Britannica "French Revolution"
- US Office of the Historian "The United States and the French Revolution"
- Chateau de Versailles
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