Test Essay

This is the falling of Bastille Prison. The fall of the Bastille happened on July 14, 1789. The fall of the Bastille is significant to the French Revolution because the people wanted to make a point and demolish the only prison. This was an act that the people symbolized as showing their anger and rage about how things were going. They thought that this would justify their feelings.

This is a picture of the famed Guillotine. This had major significance in the French Revolution. This is the machine that they used to execute the French People. It could take up to 30 seconds before the victim was unconcious. About 40,000 people were sentenced to the guillotine. The power of the impact on someones neck was 888lb per square inch. Both Louie and Marie Antoinette were sentenced to the Guillotine and their son died in the prison.

This is a photo of Marie Antoinette and husband King Louis. They are signifigant to the French Revolution, well because they are king and queen. Marie Antoinette is hated because she took so long to have a child. That was only because Louis had "some extra skin" and it hurt him to be sexually active. So Marie Antoinette was hated for not producing a child for to be heir to the throne, when really it wasn't her fault. Marie Antoinette was also a very conceited woman. She made people spend 5 hours at a time on her hair, and then she would put things like fruit and stuff in it to look more sophisticated. Louis was just a king. He really didn't have any outstanding qualities.

What all these pictures have in common is they are all wrapped around eachother in a way. King Louis and Marie Antoinette were the king and queen of france and they both ended up getting the Guillotine. King Louis was king when the people of France got angered enough and took down the Bastille. That means that King Louis was not doing a good enough job to keep the people of his country happy. When they ended up getting guillotined, King Louis's and Marie Antoinette's son ended up dying in prison.