The French Revolution was a very important time in European history. It changed the French society forever. The French Revolution took place in 1789 with many events that had led up to the revolt. France was going through financial debt‚ and taxes were being raised significantly. (Sargent and Velde 474). During this time period‚ the social classes were split up into three groups‚ also known as Estates. The First Estate was the Clergy‚ the Second Estate included the nobility of France‚ and the
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Introduction:The three major causes if the French Revolution was the disputes between the different types of social classes in French society. The French Revolution in the 18th Century was one of the most important events in the history of the world. The Revolution led to many changes in France‚ the Revolution led to the development of new political ideas such like democracy. It questioned the authority of kings‚ priests‚ and nobles. The Revolution also gave new meanings and new ideas to the people‚ an open world
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developed into a revolution. Throughout this time France was facing a collection of issues. At this time France was ruled by an inadequate and absolute monarch. Absolutism was becoming increasingly unpopular due to the enlightenment ideas. Although these are all remarkable motives‚ the most critical motives were that it was influenced significantly by the American Revolution‚ the poor privileges ingrained by the Old Regime‚ and France’s grave economic crisis. To begin with the French Revolution of 1789
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of remembrance for all the French. That day is significant because it started the day of the French Revolution. The French Revolution was a turning point for all in Europe during this time period. Due to the ideas of the Enlightenment and also the American Revolution‚ the French were influence and fought for what they believed in. The French revolutionaries were influenced greatly by the Enlightenment ideas and American Revolution because not only did they (the French) want change‚ but they realized
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Explain the key features of ‘The Terror’ The Terror was a phase during the French Revolution when many people of France were executed for supposedly being ‘Enemies of the Revolution’. The Committee of Public Safety were behind most of the deaths and they were lead mainly by Maximilien de Robespierre. The greatest factors of the Terror were the revolution itself‚ internal political rivalry‚ social and economic problems‚ wars‚ leadership‚ violence and the Thermidorian reaction. These can be broadly
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extremely compelling argument for the necessity of the French revolution‚ and how the lives lost were a small price to pay for how beneficial the revolution was for the French people in the long run. His first argument is that during the four years of the revolution there was more food for peasants then ever before‚ he then goes on to discus how important and influential the revolution was on driving other European nations to democratize. The revolution also drove France to becoming more productive‚ which
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Lecture 13 The French Revolution: The Radical Stage‚ 1792-1794 The proof necessary to convict the enemies of the people is every kind of evidence‚ either material or moral or verbal or written. . . . Every citizen has the right to seize conspirators and counter-revolutionaries and to arraign them before magistrates. He is required to denounce them when he knows of them. Law of 22 Prairial Year II (June 10‚ 1794) Inflamed by their poverty and hatred of wealth‚ the SANS-CULOTTES insisted that it was
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The American and French Revolutions were both fundamentally based on the Enlightenment ideas. The main ideas that they followed were by John Locke. His ideas inspired the Americans and the French to have a revolution. In these revolutions‚ the Americans had success and the French failed. The success that the Americans experienced wad due to the protection of rights they had. These rights are "Life‚ Liberty and Property." In America a constitution was put together that provided for a stable
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Joseph Marie Barnave‚ a French politician after the storming of the Bastille. He was referring to those who had died in the event. On July 14th‚ 1789‚ revolutionaries stormed the Bastille in Paris‚ France‚ springing the French Revolution into action‚ and finally ending in 1799 when Napoleon Bonaparte built an empire. The conflict lasted ten years; the compromise was long and difficult‚ with trials and errors. The revolution was important; it improved patriotism‚ changed the French government‚ and inspired
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The French Revolution Enlightenment ideals reflected in the French Revolution by creating Enlightenment canon of basic text‚ by selecting certain authors and identifying them with the Enlightenment in order to legitimize their republican political agenda. Enlightenment ideals were also reflected by Edmund Burke in which was one of the first to suggest that the philosopher of the French Enlightenment were somehow responsible for the French Revolution‚ and his argument was taken up‚ and elaborated
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