Tensions were high in France during the year of 1792, three years into the French Revolution. The king of Austria (Francis I) was alarmed when he knew about the activity in France. What alarmed him the most was that his sister-Marie Antoinette-was fleeing the country with here husband-King Louis XVI. France declared war with Austria …
Louis XVI ascended the throne in 1774. At the very beginning, he was unsuited to deal with the severe financial problems. By 1789, in a last attempt to rescue his countries financial crisis, Louis assembled the State-Generale, a legislative and consultative assembly of the three Estates. First Estate: Clergy, second Estate: Nobility, and the third …