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The Beginning of the French Revolution: Eyewitness Account by American in Paris
Witness the French Revolution firsthand! Join Thomas Jefferson, the American ambassador, as he recounts the dramatic events that led to the overthrow of King Louis XVI and Queen Marie Antoinette. From the lavish court of Versailles to the streets of Paris, and the storming of the Bastille, this video offers a unique perspective on one of the most significant events in French history that led to the reign of terror.
More Eyewitness accounts of French History
Execution of Marie Antoinette: Executioners eyewitness account
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Execution of Louis XVI: Eyewitness account from Executioner and his priest
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Music, footage, and images: Envato Elements, Adobe Stock
Editor: Jean Marat
Source: The letters of Thomas Jefferson, Letter from Thomas Jefferson, U.S. Minister to France, to John Jay, Secretary of Foreign Affairs, July 19, 1789, reporting on the events in Paris
All images used are for educational purposes. We try to always use copyright free images. However, if we have used any of your artwork or maps then please don't hesitate to contact me and we’ll be more than happy to give the appropriate credit.
00:00 Introduction and prelude to the Revolution
01:32 Beginning of the French Revolution on July 12, 1789
04:00 Storming of the Bastille on July 14, 1789
8:00 Aftermath
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  • @luceguertin7522
    @luceguertin7522 2 дні тому

    He really let him have it.

  • @MarsFKA
    @MarsFKA 3 дні тому

    Fcuk UA-cam and its endless fcuking ads.

  • @AthenaA-cj3uy
    @AthenaA-cj3uy 3 дні тому

    I'm sure Thomas Jefferson helped instigate this

  • @rmp7400
    @rmp7400 4 дні тому

    One day both King Louis XVI and Queen Marie Antoinette will be formally recognized as Martyrs of the True Faith. Once the Holy Church itself is purified of evil infiltrators, they will be canonized.

  • @junaidalam5374
    @junaidalam5374 6 днів тому

    Womp womp.

  • @EverildHawarde
    @EverildHawarde 6 днів тому

    This could have been handled better, i pretty sure Elisabeth regrated her decision

  • @HistoryGirl07
    @HistoryGirl07 7 днів тому

    And yet the gap between the have’s and have nots is greater than ever

  • @shadrach6299
    @shadrach6299 7 днів тому

    I’m glad history has told the truth about her.

  • @FanOfHistory777
    @FanOfHistory777 7 днів тому

    Interesting, I didn't know Thomas Jefferson was in Paris during the French Revolution. I have no doubt he helped instigate it.

  • @donaldlyons537
    @donaldlyons537 8 днів тому

    I'm not hearing anything !😮

    • @donaldlyons537
      @donaldlyons537 8 днів тому

      Now I do after I commented ! I dunno....

  • @JamesT-ms9re
    @JamesT-ms9re 8 днів тому

    Biggest mistake made by the french overthrowing the monarchy

  • @CollegeHistorian
    @CollegeHistorian 8 днів тому

    If you enjoyed this video, you might also be interested in our other video: Marie Antoinette's final moments... as witnessed by the man who took her life. ua-cam.com/video/-z6_4fKL4Lo/v-deo.html This is a new channel, and we'd love to hear your feedback on how to improve our videos! Whether you have suggestions on technical issues, ideas for future topics, or anything else, please let us know in the comments section below.

    • @donaldlyons537
      @donaldlyons537 7 днів тому

      @@CollegeHistorian I have watched the Marie Antoinette video. Like your channel !

    • @CollegeHistorian
      @CollegeHistorian 7 днів тому

      Thank you:)

  • @michaelriley2
    @michaelriley2 11 днів тому

    France has been cursed ever since.

  • @LindaMortimore-f8p
    @LindaMortimore-f8p 14 днів тому

    I don’t believe she tried and killed queen elizabeth 1 it was all a rouse she didn’t want her to take the throne which belonged to Queen Mary of the Scot’s she should have took it by her right and her son was a horrible king and I am so glad I didn’t live in this time the monarchy treated their people like scum and let them starve and just die

  • @airforcetribes
    @airforcetribes 14 днів тому

    the stupidity of peasant who jealous with the the royal. they are still one man who in reign who can be corrupt either he called king or president. shit head.

  • @DBCooper3
    @DBCooper3 15 днів тому

    Just let her go. Why kill her

  • @MandawalaHimi
    @MandawalaHimi 16 днів тому

    I have great sympathy and empathy for this lady who faced her KARMA with dignity!

  • @MandawalaHimi
    @MandawalaHimi 16 днів тому

    What happened to my comment? Disappeared as soon as i penned it!!

  • @Censored.225
    @Censored.225 17 днів тому

    Terrible 😢😢😢

  • @reitahaugstad9868
    @reitahaugstad9868 17 днів тому

    Really what did Mary do to the protestants, much worse 🙄

  • @tapsars7911
    @tapsars7911 17 днів тому

    What a wonderful video with the most beautiful storyline .

  • @spacepodi
    @spacepodi 18 днів тому

    When those clinging to power seek to rule by evil and terror, no one but a coward or hypocrite is safe. Perhaps soon history will repeat itself, sadly. It usually does.

  • @manuellubian5709
    @manuellubian5709 18 днів тому

    Very nicely done video and very nicely chosen graphics too.

  • @manuellubian5709
    @manuellubian5709 18 днів тому

    (Slight corrections below. I noticed the platform reversed-out, my previous corrections). Sorry. 1:49 -- In that moment seeing all those people lined up along the streets MUST have seemed to King Louis XVI, as though the whole of France had come to witness his final end. Even sitting here watching the video and looking at that one print of everyone lining the streets it really takes your breath away. One can only imagine what his majesty was thinking about in hat one moment.

  • @christopherp.hitchens3902
    @christopherp.hitchens3902 19 днів тому

    Geez, it wouldn't have cost the producers of this video more than 2 minutes to review WHY she they took her head. In a sense, this whole video is the END to the Beggining and the Middle. What kind of story telling is that?

  • @paulmahy
    @paulmahy 19 днів тому

    What is the list of music played on here?

  • @MarleyHarris-ko2ir
    @MarleyHarris-ko2ir 20 днів тому

    Mary ‘Queen’ of Trannies! It’s a Biological MALE, they all were, and they all still,are! It’s a worldwide agenda!

  • @MrMaryanne1
    @MrMaryanne1 21 день тому

    Pierre de Bourdeille was not an eye-witness to the execution of Mary Queen of Scots. She was born in December 1542 and died in February 1587 - thus, she was 44 years-old when she died, not 'barely forty'. Bourdeille is not a reliable source.

    • @CollegeHistorian
      @CollegeHistorian 20 днів тому

      thank you for the feedback:)...Pierre de Bourdille was indeed present at Mary's execution however i do agree with you on reliability. His account is more sympathetic towards Mary and he does leave a few things out. Would you happen to know other eyewitness accounts that less biased?

  • @Rockyson065
    @Rockyson065 22 дні тому

    Is it true she never said " Let them eat cake"?

  • @tanianicoleschwarting1576
    @tanianicoleschwarting1576 22 дні тому

    Marie was sold by her mother to the French court to strengthen the Austrian and French relationship

  • @DL234-o6z
    @DL234-o6z 22 дні тому

    Elizabeth is overrated, I don’t know why people idolize her.

    • @AthenaA-cj3uy
      @AthenaA-cj3uy 3 дні тому

      defeating the Spanish Armada, following on from her father's work on the navy and turning England into a strong and dominant naval power, defending England from Scotland and actually turning the Scots into a permanent ally, increasing literacy in England......

  • @v8infinity8
    @v8infinity8 23 дні тому

    The French are descended from the revolting savage Mob that did this. Thats why France is always doomed. Evil bloodlines.

  • @LaurieValdez-zk3dy
    @LaurieValdez-zk3dy 23 дні тому

    Well wrong Queen 👑 But they both are dead

  • @bennymerenti6850
    @bennymerenti6850 24 дні тому

    Why do the French 🇫🇷 have tree lined boulevards? So invading armies can can march in the shade 😆 In World War 2 most of them collaborated with the Nazis because they were frightened cowards. Even in these times nearly half the population voted for Marie Le Penn who is a Nazi. So what has changed? Nothing. 🇫🇷 Arrogance & ignorance are national traits. They will always be peasants regardless of financial wealth. You can’t educate pigs.

  • @spockboy
    @spockboy 25 днів тому

    I hated how Ridley Scott portrayed this scene in his awful Napoleon movie. It was void of dignity or emotion of any kind, which left me feeling NOTHING for the character.

  • @stevehaynes2857
    @stevehaynes2857 26 днів тому

    Seems to be the first hand account of the executioner’s daughter, not the executioner.

  • @jamesdellaneve9005
    @jamesdellaneve9005 26 днів тому

    The revolution was a crap show. The “storming of the bastille” was like a scene out of Monty Python. Nothing like Andrew Loyd Webber’s musical. Then the Jacobins took over and started chopping heads. All in the name of safety.

  • @FanOfHistory777
    @FanOfHistory777 26 днів тому

    Wouldn't expect less from Henry VIII's daughter.

  • @RobertTaylor-sw7wj
    @RobertTaylor-sw7wj 27 днів тому

    That painting was of Lady Jane Gray,not Mary Queen of Scots!!!

    • @MarleyHarris-ko2ir
      @MarleyHarris-ko2ir 20 днів тому

      Regardless, it’s still a transgender. It’s a dude!

  • @Tigs2
    @Tigs2 27 днів тому

    Lets not forget, at the time of this letter and Alexanders victory over Darius he was 23 years old!!! I couldnt get my son out of bed when he was 23!

  • @PolishUser
    @PolishUser 27 днів тому

    Human go to all extreme for money and power.

  • @SirenaWomanWarrior
    @SirenaWomanWarrior 27 днів тому

    As a mother, it would be extremely heart wrenching to leave behind my babies. rest in peace to her son Louis. They treated this little boy brutally to the point of death.

  • @JTW3159
    @JTW3159 27 днів тому

    The image is of Lady Jane Gray.

    • @JosephB-tv7gf
      @JosephB-tv7gf 24 дні тому

      Which image? The death mask at the start I saw before. She looks like Hollywooder Jodie Foster.

  • @douglasb5046
    @douglasb5046 27 днів тому

    She overstayed her welcome 😀😀😀

  • @seanwingfield977
    @seanwingfield977 27 днів тому

    The image is of Lady Jane Gray.

  • @petersheely7246
    @petersheely7246 27 днів тому

    😔

  • @janetfilger8326
    @janetfilger8326 27 днів тому

    Image is not Mary.

  • @MythologyUncovered-ht9sz
    @MythologyUncovered-ht9sz 27 днів тому

    Alexander was the best conqueror in history...prove me wrong

    • @Nick-wm7wr
      @Nick-wm7wr 24 дні тому

      Alexander conquered 5.2 million square kilometers, whereas Ghengis Khan conquered 24 million square kilometers. Meaning, Temujin (Ghengis Khan) conquered 4.6 times more territory than Alexander did.

    • @JamesT-ms9re
      @JamesT-ms9re 23 дні тому

      More territory does not mean better. Ghengis Khan was a simple savage

  • @MythologyUncovered-ht9sz
    @MythologyUncovered-ht9sz 27 днів тому

    All the pointless death cause by Christian religions smh

  • @Muddy_The_Water
    @Muddy_The_Water 27 днів тому

    The Armada, was being built to invade long before, Mari Stuart was executed, Philip was mad Elizabeth let her Sea Dogs, to attack and steal whatever they wanted from his ships. He lost millions to Elizabeth's Sea Dogs, in 2024, they stole what would have been a few billion. Mari wasn't a Queen she lost that right when she abdicated the Scottish crown. While she had a blood claim to the Tudor Crown, Henry VIII, wrote the Scots out the English line of succession. She had no legal claim to Elizabeth's crown. James shouldn't have been King of England yet he was protestant, so he was the right choice to unite the two countries. Had she not plotted against Queen Elizabeth, she would have lived a longer life. Mari was born 8 December 1542, she was executed, 8 February 1587, aged 44.