The French Revolution During The 1700-1800s
Throughout the 1700-1800s Haiti, France, and the U.S. went through revolutions which sought the same goals, freedom and liberty, but how each of them got there was due to their individual social causes.
The French revolution came about due to a number of social causes which created the perfect time for the people to rebel. These social causes consisted of the enlightenment, inequality between rich and poor, and taxing. These three main points appear in the other revolutions. In France at the time 98% of the population were the lower class. The enlightenment allowed the people to see that all men are equal, which sparked the idea of freedom for the majority of the country similar to Haiti later on. Another reason which led up to the revolution was taxes. The only people who were taxed in France at the time was the lower class which angered the people. The idea of taxing appears later on in the U.S. revolution. In the government the rich controlled the vote, which in turn didn’t allow equality to be made amongst the classes. The third class finally broke free and …show more content…
Although the Haitian revolution was different from the others in that it was a slave revolt, it still resembled the other two. The Enlightenment brought ideas to the brains of these slaves who suffered the worst slave conditions similar to the French. Another cause which created this change was the fact that the number of slaves to owners on the country at the time was 10-1. This allowed the slaves to team up and revolt eventually gaining their freedom only to get it stripped shortly after. These first generation slaves had a fight in them because they knew what other life was like. Finally Napoleon gave up and the French agreed to a truce granting the slaves their freedom. The ability to join together to fight is seen throughout all the revolutions that’s what makes it so
The French revolution came about due to a number of social causes which created the perfect time for the people to rebel. These social causes consisted of the enlightenment, inequality between rich and poor, and taxing. These three main points appear in the other revolutions. In France at the time 98% of the population were the lower class. The enlightenment allowed the people to see that all men are equal, which sparked the idea of freedom for the majority of the country similar to Haiti later on. Another reason which led up to the revolution was taxes. The only people who were taxed in France at the time was the lower class which angered the people. The idea of taxing appears later on in the U.S. revolution. In the government the rich controlled the vote, which in turn didn’t allow equality to be made amongst the classes. The third class finally broke free and …show more content…
Although the Haitian revolution was different from the others in that it was a slave revolt, it still resembled the other two. The Enlightenment brought ideas to the brains of these slaves who suffered the worst slave conditions similar to the French. Another cause which created this change was the fact that the number of slaves to owners on the country at the time was 10-1. This allowed the slaves to team up and revolt eventually gaining their freedom only to get it stripped shortly after. These first generation slaves had a fight in them because they knew what other life was like. Finally Napoleon gave up and the French agreed to a truce granting the slaves their freedom. The ability to join together to fight is seen throughout all the revolutions that’s what makes it so