The French Revolution - OverSimplified (Part 1)

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From Epidemic Sound:
Bonn Fields – Spodumene
Trailer Worx – Trailed By Horror
Christian Andersen – Faboulous Destiny
The New Fools – It’s Funk O’Clock
Trabant 33 – Memories Of Paris
Trabant 33 – Sunset Over Seine
The Flax – Give This Night A Chance
Stationary Sign – Simple Magic
Stationary Sign – Confused Minds
Golden – Hymn To The Rising Sun
Kikoru – Night Owls
The Waiting World – Slide On Over
Spectacles Wallet And Watch – Sneaky Sneaky Sir
Vieveri – Ostinato
Grant – Last March Of Heroes

From Artlist:
Ian Post – Eminence Landscapes
Max Herve - War
Stanley Gurvich – The Rains
Imop – The Whisper Man
Constance – The Descent
Kevin Graham - Autumn

By Kevin MacCleod:
Investigations
Fast Talkin
Covert Affair
Accralate
Face Off
I Knew A Guy
Marty Gots A Plan
Spy Glass
Ave Marimba
Americana

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[JackRabbitSlim]

Marie Antoinette: "Let them eat cake"
The poor: "Yep, there's gonna be attacks for that."

[Memetastic]

The French Monarchy could have stayed stable if they just used Skillshare

[Amiha.Design.Studio]

Youtube: "Would you like to watch this video?"
Me: "Yes"
Youtube: "There's a tax for that."

[AACroissantt]

I love how NordVPN was there at so many historical events

[zfx_clapz]

"Were you born?"
"Yes, why?"
"Oof, there's a tax for that."

[CVNTCOUTURE]

"Are you reading this comment?"
"Yes"
"There's a tax for that."

[jesontjowari]

Marie Antoinette was actually quite generous.
1. She donated a lot to charity. There's a letter she sent to her family in Austria that she cared and was concerned about the poor people in France
2. For "Let them eat cake", it's actually Rosseau who spread that propaganda. He probably referred to Queen Maria-Thérèse, the wife of Louis XIV who lived a century prior.
3. She actually popularized the simple white dress to women in France.

*"I was a queen, and you dethroned me. I was a wife, and you killed my husband. I was a mother, and you tore me from my children. Only my blood remains: you are thirsty. Drink it. Hasten to meet it that you may drink it."*
-Marie Antoinette, 1793

[ivanna]

me and my brother watched these videos together. they made me love history and learning with him. he passed just a couple of days ago and i'm heartbroken but he lives on through me. now we still watch together but he's in heaven watching instead of on the couch next to me.

[hussarwings]

"Describe the french revolution in a single word"

Headn't

[bubbabluehorn]

French Revolution: *happens*
Napoleon: I’m about to do what’s called a pro gamer move

[gavlarhd]

“Fear leads to anger, anger leads to hate, and hate….. leads to suffering”

Yoda

[Iliveonearth]

I had a small quiz on the French Revolution in history class and I missed the day they studied the French Revolution in class. So only with the knowledge from this video I got a 100%

[slimestack]

Tax collector: have you paid your taxes?
Lady: yep.
Tax collector: oh, there’s a tax for that

[ThatMexicanGuy]

Britain: Tax the colonies

Colonies: Start a revolution

France: Helps the colonies

France: Taxes their civilians

Civilians: Start a revolution

France: surprised pikachu

[juliadagnall]

For anyone interested in a little background: Louis XIV introduced a really elaborate form of court etiquette as a way to keep control of his nobles. If they were fighting over who got to hand the King his gloves and who got to help the Queen put on her rouge then they wouldn’t have time to fight with him over important stuff. It sort of worked, and he actually had the longest reign of any monarch (that can be verified), 72 years. His grandson, Louis XV kept the system going, but he was a dilettante who spent his time chasing skirts and moping about his lot in life so the state began to stagnate. He reigned for a long time, almost 59 years. Louis XVI was his grandson and by the time he came to the throne things were in a bad way. France was getting kicked by Britain on the one side and Prussia on the other. It would have taken an extraordinarily strong ruler to turn things around and sadly Louis didn’t qualify.

[yolrjye]

Ur reading the comments? Theres gonna be a tax for that

[Expirations]

Salt? There's a tax for that.
Windows? There's a tax for that.
Income? There's a tax for that.
Church? There's a tax for that.
Hotel? Triv- I mean, *There's a tax for that*

[guardis]

-How much did you breathe?
-Uh... Ever since I was born.
There's a tax for that.*

[beeway]

10:06 I love how detailed this is, it even showed that random guy that looked like he was walking, and the people on the right pledging, that guy on the left in a chair..