La Salle College French

Revolution /20
F2 History

Assignment 2

Class: F2 D Name: Hanson Fung( 36 )

Knowing more about Louis XVI

Given Name

Birth and Year _1754__ to Year _1793_ (age 38)

Death
He was executed by _guillotine_ as he was charged for high treason_

Year _1774__ to Year _1792__

Reign
___Louis XV___ (grandfather of Louis XVI)
Predecessor

Residence

Marriage He married ___Maria Antoinette_____ in 1770 at the age of __15__. The

Queen was from the __Habsburg_ family and was the Princess of
Austria.

The French public did not like the Queen as they worried that a
FrenchAustrian Alliance would drag France in European conflicts as in the
_____Seven Years_ War. The French public also named the Queen,
___l'Autrichienne"_____, owing to her lavish spending.

Children 2__ sons

2___ daughters

Achievement Signed the Edict of __tolerance (Edict of Versailles) in 1787, which granted
civil and legal status to non-Roman Catholics in France.
War involved The _French___ Revolution: France wanted to take revenge against the
__british_ for defeating the French in the Seven Years’ War and to capture
British colonies, like Canada, India and islands in the West Indies.
However, despite the victory of the war, France could only get Tobago and
Senegal, with a huge expense million livres.