<b>THE FRENCH REVOLUTION</b><br>The French Revolution was effected and caused by many things and people. Some people that had to do with the French Revolution were‚ Louis XVI‚ and‚ Marie Antoinette. Marie played an active role in the Revolution but suffered for her royalist sympathies. King Louis XVI also played an important role in the Revolution‚ seeing as how he was the king and all. When Louis XVI came to be King‚ he inherited a France in debt‚ and he was left with no choice but to raise taxes
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DBQ: The Industrial Revolution: Effects In the late 1700s‚ The Industrial Revolution began in England‚ which had an immense range of negative and positive effects on the social and also economic life of the people in England. The results have been looked at form many different point of views‚ including the factory workers themselves‚ the factory owners‚ the government‚ and others who looked upon the conditions in the industrial cities at the time. This essay will evaluate the positive and negative
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led to the Revolution? There were multiple conditions that led to the Revolution. Before the Revolution‚ France had many economic problems. The country was in debt due to royal spendings in Versailles and costly wars such as the 7 Years War. Bad harvests led to inflation of necessities meaning that the price of bread would double. There was crime throughout the cities leading to the Great Fear. The 3rd Estate faced high taxes and rents. Enlightenment ideas also led to the Revolution. The American
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Revolutions of the Atlantic World The French revolution had many similarities to other revolutions of its time like the American and the Hattian revolution. All of these revolutions were really pushed by the ideas of enlightenment thinkers. Also‚ Napoleon Bonaparte was a good leader who lead the country of France to end terror and wars. This can be compared to Thomas Jefferson in the American revolution and the declaration of independence. Napoleon Bonaparte can also be compared to Haitian revolution
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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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Market revolution‚ many American families obtained the products needed by producing their own goods or by trading. They obtained their food and clothes by farming and raising crops and animals. For other items they couldn’t produce‚ such as tea‚ they would trade their own products at their local markets. Local markets were a main source of the production in America. However‚ the market revolution gave raise to massive production through factories and national markets. The market revolution improved
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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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What was the purpose of The Terror? The French revolution which began in 1789 and lasted until the fall of Robespierre in July 1794 is known by many for its violence while seeking social and political change‚ primarily during The Terror. The Terror‚ otherwise known as the ‘Reign of Terror’ was implemented on the 5th September 1793 and lasted until the fall of Maximilien Robespierre on the 28th July 1794. The purpose of the Terror was to for the revolutionary governments to consolidate power by
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French Revolution: The Influences When the Enlightenment occurred‚ it established some modern-day ideals such as religious toleration‚ separation of powers‚ and natural rights. These Enlightened principles eventually spread throughout France‚ causing the people to question the current state of their society‚ and ultimately causing the French Revolution. Montesquieu and Voltaire were two very major Enlightenment figures whose beliefs had a huge impact on the French Revolution. The ever-growing
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Before the French Revolution was sparked‚ poverty plagued the streets of France. Families starved while Louis XVI and his flighty wife Marie Antoinette spent lavishly. The ineffective rulers gambled and partied frequently and freely‚ and by 1789 France was out of money and faced a serious financial crisis. France’s unequal social hierarchy made of three classes-the First‚ Second‚ and Third Estate- was extremely unfair to the Third Estate which was ninety seven percent of the population and included
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