The French Revolution: The Reign Of Terror

The French Revolution had many factors that caused its upbringing. When Louis XVI took control over France, it was already in a downward spiral due to past issues. After many tries to fix the country of France, Louis XVI continued to fail and a reform was wanted by many. The Third estate wanted to take their idea of a reformation and put it into action by creating a new government. Lead by Maximilien Robespierre, a majority of the French population started looking for the light at the end of the tunnel. On June 17, 1789 the National Assembly was created. Many different things progressed quickly and soon the first and second estates joined the third and created a constitution. After the Old government was gone, a Reign of Terror occurred and leaders from different countries started killing people, mostly peasants, which was 70% of the population. When the Reign of Terror ended, France gave the ropes to Napoleon Bonaparte to try and do what Louis XVI couldn't do.
The syrian conflict is a fight for the control over Syria and to get rid of its current president, Bashar al-Assad. Reform in Syria started when Bashar's father Hafez
died and Bashar took over. Since Hafez took power, the rights of the citizens of Syria were very slim and in most cases completely taken away from them. Rights granted by our Constitution such as the right to freedom of speech, were completely stripped. Due to this type of leadership and government many surrounding middle eastern countries are trying to calm the internal and external issues but Syrians and outside forces are rebelling all with the main goal, to get rid of Bashar and revolutionize Syria.
During these revolutions, both countries wanted their leaders gone. Looking through a political lense, Louis XVI and Bashar al- Assad were and still are leaders that are meant for something different. Nevertheless, they both wanted change for their countries. Both of these leaders lead governments that weren't suited for their people which caused unwanted uprising. Louis XVI never committed to making the changes that were necessary which ended up getting him killed and Bashar is still trying to reform his country but it is not looking good for anyone involved.
During the French Revolution, in regards of social issues, different countries tried to take advantage of the fact that France was very distracted.
External conflicts started to arise in the midst of the internal conflict but luckily France's military had Napoleon Bonaparte. Napoleon fought off the incoming attacks and even though not many tried to attack, the internal stability of France wasn't completely shaken. In Syria right now not many people know how to completely handle the conflict. Many are asking the question if Bashar should be at fault for all of the killings and deaths that are continuously occurring. Countries like Russia are against this while other western countries are on the other side of the coin. In the end many think that the Syrian government will fall, the question is how much damage will be left behind when it
does.
Aside from the Political and Social view of these world changing events, we can also look at the Technological side of things. During the Revolution killings were swift and painless with the use of the Guillotine. This killing machine was able to sever a head in seconds, which came in handy. During this time, this was the way that was considered most efficient and humane. This was one way that other countries view France. In Syria, the conflict is viewed by people using technology that is more modern, Facebook. Since the news tries to hide the very important parts of the conflict, Facebook opens up more doors to what’s really going on and how it is affecting the United States.