The French Revolution was an unstable‚ blood-filled time. With 20‚000 sent to the guillotine and an equal number to prison‚ it is not hard to find importance but rather to find meaning. The most crucial thing to look for in the revolution is justification‚ reasons that excuse or bring significance to the deaths of many. John Locke‚ a philosophe of the time‚ may have argued that a leader who does not provide his people with inalienable rights is grounds for dismissal in the form of regicide1
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The French Revolution Throughout history the french revolution led an extreme impact on the french society even till this day. There were many causes for the french revolution but the 2 things that mostly fed into it were the unfairness of the first and second estate and the crude treatment that the two gave to the third estates. Due to Louise XVI’s absolute monarchy he had complete power over the french government and people making it harder for
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CAUSES OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION 1. Describe the leadership of Louis XVI (16th) of France. indecisive leader/ easily persuaded put off financial problems. French support for the colonists in the American War of Independence had brought the country to the verge of bankruptcy agreed to summon the ’estatesgeneral’ (a form of parliament‚ but without real power) in order to try and raise taxes. people were angered by Louis’ refusal to allow the three estates the first (clergy)
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French Revolution Questions The Outbreak of the Revolution: 1) French society around 1789 was split into three groups of people or the Three Estates. The First Estate consisted of the clergy or the leaders of the church. The Second Estate were the nobles who were highly privileged. The Third and final estate consisted of peasants‚ city workers‚ and the middle class‚ all of which were taxes heavily and underprivileged. 2) The complains of the Third Estate were they were being taxed to heavily
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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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French Revolution Table of Contents Unit one: Enlightenment (page 1) Enlightened Despots France Henri IV Louis XIII Louis XIV Cardinal Richelieu Louis XV Louis XVI Holy Roman Empire Prussia Friedrich Wilhelm Friedrich Wilhelm I Friedrich II Austria Charles VI Pragmatic Sanction Maria Theresa War of the Austrian Succession Seven Years’ War Extra Information Les Philosophes Voltaire - Candide Diderot - Encyclopedie Rousseau - The Social Contract
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major revolutions were to rock the modern world. The first was in America where the colonists rose up in revolt against British rule. The second was in France as members of the bourgeoisie rose up in revolt against King Louis XVI. The French Revolution is a highly controversial affair because‚ for the first time‚ Marxist historians become rather eloquent. They claim that this revolt was a "Revolution of the Bourgeoisie"‚ the first of such which would then pave the way for a greater revolution‚ the
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Notes on the French Revolution The French Revolution - or the French Revolution Wars (1789–1799) - refers to a period of radical social and political upheaval in French and European history. The absolute monarchy that had ruled France for centuries collapsed in three years and French society underwent an epic transformation as feudal‚ aristocratic‚ and religious privileges were destroyed under a sustained assault from liberal political groups and the masses on the streets. Old ideas about hierarchy
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The French Revolution The years before the French Revolution (which started in 1789 AD.) were ones of vast‚ unexpected change and confusion. One of the changes was the decline of the power of the nobles‚ which had a severe impact on the loyalty of some of the nobles to King Louis XVI. Another change was the increasing power of the newly established middle class‚ which would result in the monarchy becoming obsolete. The angry and easily manipulated peasants‚ who were used by the bourgeoisie
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FRENCH REVOLUTION Q.1) Explain the following terms:- a) Guillotine Ans) The guillotine is a device consisting of two poles and a blade with which a person is beheaded. It was named after Dr .Guillotine who invented it. b) Subsistence crisis Ans) the population of France rose from about 23 million in 1715 to 2 8million in 1789.This led to a rapid increase in the demand for food grains. Production of grains could not keep pace with the demand. So the price of bread which
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