God and Grain: The French Revolution, Part I

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In which John discusses the causes of the French Revolution and its initial events, including the French debt crisis under King Louis XVI, the convocation of the estates general, the rise of the third estate, the formation of the National Assembly, the tennis court oath at Versailles, the storming of the Bastille, the women's march, and the moving of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette to Paris.

This is part of a four-video series designed to see whether we can make genuinely educational videos--the kind of videos that could actually help people learn the big and important things they have to learn in school. Nerdfighters gave us permission to make the videos longer than four minutes, so....no punishment. Let us know how we're doing.


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[MissRiley317]

My AP European History teacher showed us this today (I was very excited when I saw that face on the projector.) The girl behind me made some comments which I think shows how amazing/informative these videos really are.

Early in the video: I think this guy has turrets

After video: Can we just watch these instead of class. Because I've seriously learned more just now than in this whole past month.

Then I went in after school to give my teacher the link to crashcourse, this helped my class so much.

[MJ Arras]

He has not, to the best of my knowledge, ever lost a nerd.

[Amy L]

We watched this in class after I requested to do so and my teacher didn't stop at the end. That was a fun time.

[Aljoša Škorja]

John Jack Rousseau??? 

[MissRiley317]

Oh no we saw it! There were a lot of confused comments there.

[Thomas Schoenberger]

It would have been far bloodier if Hobart had lived in this age...

Imagine the slicing that would have occurred !!

[Kristi Rich]

#709: History was never so interesting.

[ascrc]

Bastille day is my birthday

[TheSaab9001997]

I dont see captain slow

[Henry Parker]

2:35 James May?

[Julia Cornell]

Did your teacher stop at the end of the video or did you guys see the only partially business suit?

[Kasey Hickey]

Test on the French Revolution, a months worth of work in two hours, and this was more understandable...