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"Describe the french revolution in a single word" Headn't

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

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

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

The Poor: “We’re starving. Help us.” The Rich: “TURN DOWN FOR WHAT!!!”

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

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

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

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

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="787">13:07</a> I woke up. In a New Bugatti 🗣

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*

“Hey, my hair is a boat”. This enraged the populace, who punished her severely.

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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.

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

“You could make a religion out of tha-“ “No don’t.”

Fun fact: the French military during the French Revolution invented “canning” using boiled food stuffs and absolutely airtight glass containers.

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%

Tax collectors: “ hey. Are you alive? “ Poor: “obviously.. “ Tax collectors: “ *yep...mhm there’s gonna be a tax for that.* “

"Are you existing?" "Yes, why?" "There's a tax for that."

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="606">10:06</a> 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..

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

Parties: exist The french nobles: *we could make a religion out of this*

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<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="23">0:23</a> Nobility Joking <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="69">1:09</a> Louis XVI has a lot of responsibility. <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="104">1:44</a> France 🇫🇷 Upper Class, Lower Class Divide. <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="128">2:08</a> Losing The Seven Years War 1756-1763. <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="156">2:36</a> The Enlightenment questioning of Monarchy 👑 <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="205">3:25</a> May 1774 Louis XVI crowned 👑 <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="219">3:39</a> Louis XVI. Financed The American Revolution 🇺🇸 <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="245">4:05</a> France grows Poor, Marie Antoinette stays Lavish. <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="293">4:53</a> Increase Taxes didn’t go well. <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="394">6:34</a> Peasant uprising vs Tax collectors <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="402">6:42</a> Anger over inconsistency and inequality. <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="414">6:54</a> Natural Disasters, The Price of Bread 🥖 went up quickly. <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="464">7:44</a> The Estates General of 1789 <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="547">9:07</a> 2 to 1 Vote 🗳️ puts down The Third Estate. <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="580">9:40</a> The National Assembly is born. <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="617">10:17</a> The Jacobin Club wants to REMOVE THE KING 👑 <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="671">11:11</a> Fear -> Anger -> Revolution -> Violence <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="696">11:36</a> The National Guard is formed. Some French Guard defect and join them as well. <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="714">11:54</a> Seige of Hotel & Bastille. <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="787">13:07</a> 1. Denounce Violence 2. Support Violence <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="814">13:34</a> Jean Paul Marat _Friend of the People_ newspaper 📰 <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="865">14:25</a> August Declaration of Rights of Man and of the citizen <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="905">15:05</a> October 5th 1789 Women’s March

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[Barber] “What kind of haircut am I giving you?” [Marie Antoinette] “Lets go with... boat.”

France and Britain: *Fights another war* Citizens: Ah shit, here we go again

oversimplified puts a lot of work in these videos i love how he mentioned the change of france's flags

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“Are you breathing air right now?” “Yes” “Oof,” “There’s gonna be a tax for that”

Britain: We taxed for tea, paper, and any goods that came from us. France: *Hold my wine and cheese*

“Sir,Oversimplified hasn’t posted in a year” “Well, there’s nothing we can do”

"including detachable heads, just like the real thing." I spit my drink.

Peasents: Breaking their backs working in the fields Marie Antoinette: *breaking her back carrying a boat on her head*

*_Did You just breathe?_* *yes* *_Theres gonna be a tax for that_*

wikipedia : tennis was invented in the late 19th century’ The French : Hold our Bières ( <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="608">10:08</a> )

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="315">5:15</a> Head tax. Very foreshowding

French peasants: exists Tax collectors: *Stonks*

Fun fact, Mozart proposed to marry Antoinette... Imagine if she accepted

That moment when you're both Oversimplified and Coldplay fan and never knew that one of their biggest song hit 'Viva La Vida' was referring to this part of history.

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Tax collector: Hello. Woman: Hello. Tax collector: You responded? There's a tax for that, pay up lady.

Britain: Tax the colonies Colonies: Start a revolution France: Helps the colonies France: Taxes their civilians Civilians: Start a revolution France: surprised pikachu

Bro, love you. Just subscribed. Made my life easier. You've explained me better than my teachers and source materials! Love you. Also binged many of your topics. If the three estates were still in order today and I was the ruler of France, I'd invite you to be a citizen and directly put you to the Clergy sub head. A new position made just for you. You didn't need to do anything oversimplyfied, the peasants would take care of you my man.

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Marie Antoinette actually didn’t say “let them eat cake”. That was said by a Spanish princess a century earlier. Marie Antoinette’s last words were actually translated to “I’m sorry sir, I meant not to do it” after she stepped on her executioners foot.

Fun Fact: Antoinette never actually said the famous line "Let them eat cake." She was way too out of touch with the poor people to even consider it

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"Sometimes opportunity sounds a lot like cannon fire!" <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="731">12:11</a>

Remember children, revolution isn’t always the answer. Sometimes revolution is the question and the answer is yes.

The nobility is rich, and taxes them. *THIS ANGERED THE PEASANTRY WHO PUNISHED THEM SEVERELY*

I like that at <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="348">5:48</a> there is just randomly salt in the field

Great explanation!!!! Surely will write this in my Social Studies examination tomorrow

I'd like to see The Russian Revolution - Oversimplified

In the American Revolution video you said this was coming out in 2027, I’m glad it happened sooner.

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The wealthy partied harder, which enraged the peasants who punished them severly

Allegedly, Marat's skin condition was related to celiac disease. So, ironically, his debilitating skin condition would go away if he stopped eating gluten - as in, bread. Exactly what was lacking at the time.

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="630">10:30</a> "Its rad because its Radical" lmao

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Meanwhile in America: Jefferson and Hamilton have rap battle cabinet meetings until Washingdad breaks up the squabble

“Your alive” “Yes” *checks list* “There’s a tax for that”

As I rewatched this video,I realized that the king's reaction to de launey's death is the perfect place for there's nothing we can do meme.

I like how one video covers up my weeks of research materials… also it is funny that I crossed the video with Hamilton when Lafayette and Jefferson were mentioned. Ha……

Person: Does Nothing Robespierre: *”To The Guillotine!”*

“*OOOoOoh NOoOoOo*” -OverSimplified as King Louis XVI

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Before seeing this video i didnt care even a little about the french revolution, your videos are so good they make me interested in historical things i didnt care about before

Imagine that: You're a time traveller holding a character pin of Marie Antoinette in the 1790's and decided to show it to the nobility.

OverSimplified - French Revolution doesn't become #1 on trending. OverSimplified: *OOOoOoh NOoOoOo*

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Love this!! Thank you! Can you do one on the 7 year war?

French peasant: hippity hoppity your royal head is now my property King Louis: OooOhH NoOe

France: Has a revolution. This enraged his father who punished him severely.

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i mean he's done the american and french revoluitions, i think now he should cover the haitian revolution too since they are kind of like an enlightenment trio

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1789: Let’s storm the Bastille! 2019: Let’s storm Area 51!

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="844">14:04</a> reminds me of the "Where's My Froggy?" scene from the movie "Blazing Saddles."

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

Paris is chaotic again

This is actually helping me revise for my test thank you

When you know the history, but still watch for the great jokes.

I legitimately thought he was actually going to upload this in 2027.

Although most nobles and royals alive at the time of the revolution were executed some were spared. Marie Antoinette's children Louis and Marie Therese were imprisoned for the remainder of the revolution and weren't executed. Louis died during the revolution from tuberculosis age 7 and Marie Therese died in her late 60's many years after. The two remaining children of Louis XV, Victoire and Adélaïde fled to Rome before the revolution got worse. Victoire died in 1799 age 66 and Adélaïde in 1800 age 68.

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<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="519">8:39</a> How this would look if it was more proportional Clergy - 3 votes Nobility - 7 votes 3rd Estate - 540 votes

“Are you being taxed?” “Yes” *oof. There’s gonna be a tax for that*

"La Femme De Nuit" Weird paintings on the wall. Yeah Oversimplified is the best way to learn 😂 I love this so much.

Considering what's happening in France at the moment, it's interesting that this was recommended to me today