I'll pick up where I left off last week, with the storming of the Bastille and the fall of the "ancien regime." We'll explore how, over the next few years, this new France will become more of a hellscape than a paradise. As a radical group, the Jacobins, seizes control, distopia ensues with the September Massacres of 1792, the "Reign of Terror" spanning 1793 to 1794, and the executions of the monarchy. We'll explore how this chaos paves the way for France's next ruler, Napoleon Bonaparte, to seize power for better or for worse. And, we'll look at 4 takeaway lessons from the French Revolution that we can still learn something from today.

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Sources: 

• Age of Revolutions "4 Cautionary Tales from the French Revolution for Today" by Christine Adams
• biography.com "Louis XVI"
• history.com "French Revolution"
• history.com "Marie Antoinette"
• Encyclopedia Britannica "French Revolution"
• US Office of the Historian "The United States and the French Revolution"
• Chateau de Versailles "Death of Louis XIV"
• UTEP "What the French Revolution Can Teach Us About Inflation"
• Napoleon.org "The Republican Calendar"
• Encyclopedia Britannica "Charlotte Corday"
• The Collector "Marie Antoinette's Death: How Did She Die and Why?"
• Five Minute History "Napoleon: Hero or Tyrant?"

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