The French revolution was a fight of the people in order to finally gain rights‚ and‚ in doing so‚ creating a movement changing the course of history‚ and ridding their country of medieval noble systems and the monarchy. In order to continue to hold these hard-fought values and rights within the country‚ there was an onslaught of violence and dictatorship in fear of losing them. This took place from the September massacres all the way through to the end of Napoleons reign‚ and in-between‚ specifically
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Causes of the French Revolution 1. International: struggle for hegemony and Empire outstrips the fiscal resources of the state 2. Political conflict: conflict between the Monarchy and the nobility over the “reform” of the tax system led to paralysis and bankruptcy. 3. The Enlightenment: impulse for reform intensifies political conflicts; reinforces traditional aristocratic constitutionalism‚ one variant of which was laid out in Montequieu’s Spirit of the Laws; introduces new notions of good
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The American and French Revolutions have had major impacts in today’s modern world. Inspired by ideas from “The Age of Reason” the American and French Revolutions began. The people of France and the Thirteen Colonies had enough and wanted change. Although the French and American Revolutions had similar causes and impacts‚ the two revolutions had very different outcomes. The American and French Revolutions had several causes. The causes that led to both revolutions were very similar. Before the
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For decades people have asked are revolutions really worth all the trouble it cause sand there have been many arguments from both sides of it. On one side revolutions have brought about great new countries into the world that would have never existed if no one had spoken up. However on the other the situations that were dealt with during these revolts make a person question was it really worth all of that hardship. These revolutions can take a toll on the populations of countries with thousands
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Bobbie Gasparri 10/6/09 Global 10‚ Period 2 French Revolution Inspired by the achievement of the American Revolution‚ the people of France decided to protest against the unjust monarchy and have a revolution of their own. France needed a change in leadership‚ and a shift in power in order for this revolution to be a success .Unfortunately‚ for the people to get what they needed from the government‚ they took drastic and disturbing measures to make their voices heard. Through this
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Revolutions English‚ American‚ and French The three most prominent revolutions in recent western history are The English ’Glorious’ Revolution‚ The American Revolution‚ and The French Revolution. The despite these events being separated by nearly a century‚ several thousand miles‚ or both‚ all three of the revolutions share the same causes‚ were brought forth by the same idealism‚ and had similar outcomes in which a document was produced to secure the rights and freedoms for the future
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throughout the French Revolution can attest to this kind of issue. The concept of “citizen” does not exist‚ all people are seen as subjects. Before the French Revolution‚ these “subjects” did not have rights or a mind to think on their own. Capability and dictatorship is used to govern these “subjects” lives‚ they were never allowed in the involvement of politics. Until the enlightenment in the eighteenth century‚ this was when the people of France started to see that change was essential. The French revolution
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monarchy to different‚ more radical forms of government. The start of the overthrow of monarchy‚ which eventually led to the beginning of the French Revolution‚ began with the overthrow of the English monarchy by the Parliament of England in 1649. The American Revolution of 1776 soon followed‚ and finally‚ France started their own Revolution; the French Revolution of 1789. Of course‚ there are many political‚ economic‚ and social causes leading to this sudden political advancement in France. For example
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French Revolution and Latin American Revolution Comparisons The French Revolution‚ from 1789 to 1815‚ occurred in three distinct stages: a goal for a constitutional monarchy‚ Radical Republicans seeking to entirely transform French society‚ soon leading to the Reign of Terror‚ and lastly‚ Napoleon Bonaparte‚ who restored order. The Latin American Wars of Independence‚ from 1800 to 1824‚ involving the creoles‚ American-born Spaniards and people of African‚ Amerindian‚ or mixed descent focused on the
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The pivotal event of European history in the eighteenth century was the French Revolution. From its outbreak in 1789‚ the Revolution touched and transformed social values and political systems in France‚ in Europe‚ and eventually throughout the world. France’s revolutionary regime conquered much of Western Europe with its arms and with its ideology. But not without considerable opposition at home and abroad. Its ideals defined the essential aspirations of modern liberal society‚ while its bloody
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