The French Revolution changed the world. France indeed would not have been the way it is now if its revolutionary actions were not taken. To understand the revolution and why it came to be‚ we must examine the events leading to it‚ and the conditions of its people. Prerevolutionary France was under the leadership of Louis XVI (reigned 1643 to 1715) in a form of government known as an absolute monarchy. All power is given to the king. They exhibit the right to make laws and to enforce them‚ the
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looked up and warned them‚ “It’s catching on that nail!” WAR FOR THE POOR With the war side by side‚ We people still strive. We want our independence. We need our freedom. We want free tax structure‚ Or at least get rid of this inferior social status. Give us education‚ ’cause if you won’t we’ll rebel. We might be illiterate And lack mental strength‚ But when we’ll be ourselves Show what we are. You’ll run away from our nation‚ This country with all these injustices that we still love
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Prior to 1789‚ France was in a dire state of conditions. King Louis XVI’s government was facing financial difficulties‚ and faced with few other options‚ the king imposed taxes on the people. What ensued was an explosion of rage in the French middle and working class that had been built up over the last hundred years--what we now call the French Revolution. While the French Revolution‚ like many other revolutions‚ occurred in response to the government’s incompetence‚ what sets it apart from other
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NAPOLEON AND THE FRENCH REVOLUTION "We have finished the romance of the Revolution‚ we must now begin its history‚ only seeking for what is real and practicable in the application of its principles‚ and not what is speculative and hypothetical." After Brumaire (9-10 Nov. 1799) --the coup d’etat which first set Napoleon on the path to becoming the supreme executive of a French empire-- Napoleon declared‚ "The Revolution is made fast on the principles on which it began; the Revolution is finished
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2/25/2014 French Revolution Question #3: Identify the major social groups in France on the eve of the 1789 Revolution. Assess the extent to which their aspirations were achieved in the period from the meeting of the Estates-General (May 1789) to the declaration of the republic. (September 1792). During the time of the French Revolution there were three major social groups. The first estate consisted of the clergy‚ the second estate consisted of the nobility‚ and the third estate consisted
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however‚ an attempt to bring the Romanovs back to their rightful place on the Russian throne‚ a revolt of which your father and I chose to keep secret from you and your siblings. The letters from members of the Constitutional Democratic Party had been piling up‚ each one mentioning a plan to rid Russia of the Bolsheviks. The revolt had finally come in 1917 at the hands of General Lavr Kornilov with a mission to end the revolution and bring our family‚ primarily Nicholas‚ back to Russia to rule as czar
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Perspectives on the French revolution. This essay will examine the ideologies of the French revolution of 1789. Two perspectives on the French revolution were held by the conservatives’ elite and the educated philosophers. The educated philosophers believed that a revolution was the only way that the middle and lower class were to have a say in matters of state‚ and obtain their rights. Their goal in the revolution was to turn the absolute monarchy into a constitutional monarchy. The conservatives
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What was the most important cause of the 1905 Revolution? In 1905 there was a revolution in Russia‚ the people demanded a change in government - as the policies of the one in power denied many of the people a decent standard of living- and they wanted protection of their political and civil rights. Throughout 1905 there was mass-spread rioting‚ strikes‚ protest‚ demonstrations‚ even uprisings and assassinations – all carried out with the aim to force the Tsar to act. Eventually‚ afters months
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Causes of the French Revolution The French Revolution was a long lasting‚ ten-year period beginning in 1789 and eventually ending in 1799. It marked one of the most important events in history‚ leading to many transformations throughout France. At the time‚ France was the most powerful state in Europe but it still took part in the Revolution. During this era‚ France had been socially unstable. Although dividing the classes into three estates seemed as if it were a great idea‚ these estates were
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THE FRENCH REVOLUTION (1789-1799) The French Revolution was a watershed event that changed Europe irrevocably and ended a century of slowly increasing opposition to absolutism and the supremacy of a decadent aristocracy. The causes of the French Revolution are difficult to pin down. Therefore‚ we will divide them into long-term and immediate causes. Within long-term causes‚ we will also define intellectual‚ political and economic causes. Long-Term Intellectual Causes Before a movement can reach
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