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In April 1792, France declared war on Austria ... Years later Thomas Jefferson would admit that his own support for the French Revolution was misguided: "Your prophecies," he wrote to Adams, ...
Thérèse, Louis-Joseph, Louis-Charles, and Sophie — and all of them suffered tragic fates like their mother. Sophie, the ...
A history of the French Revolution from the decision of King Louis ... The first part of the movie tells the story from 1789 until August 10, 1792 (when King Louis XVI lost all of his authority ...
In the summer and Autumn of 1792 - with the Prussians bearing down ... brutally killed during the September Massacres - the French Revolution bore a new symbol of optimism and hope: Liberty.
The French Revolution would be led by shopkeepers ... From now on, the king was a pathetic figure. In September 1792, France declared herself a republic and that winter, Louis was put on trial ...