1755-1793+Marie+Antoinette

Marie Antoinette

Who/Where?
 * born November 2nd 1755 in Vienna Austria
 * Queen of France in 1770 after four years of marriage to King Louis XVI
 * over spended money
 * bankrupt France
 * fired unnecessary jobs for extra spending money
 * died at 37
 * died at guillotine after husband on Oct. 16th 1793
 * husband died on Jan 21st 1793
 * sister Queen of Naples and brother Austrian Emperor

What?
 * bankrupted France
 * unnecessary spending of large sums of money
 * spent at one time on jewels more than the annual income of France
 * caused the French Revolution
 * possibly still monarchy today if she had not been born
 * fired many employees to King Louis XVII
 * caused the fall of the Bastille
 * back stabbed many high ranked people



Why?
 * caused French Revolution
 * its important because she helped Napoleon inadvertently by ruining the French monarchy which made Napoleon step up into power

Bibliography: [] Textbook Pages: 66 and 67 []