The Year 1789‚ the French Revolution has started and lasted for 10 years were Peasant and the lower class of the French society gave up on their hopes ‚ Enough was Enough they have decided and not to take anymore misery from the upper classes such as the king and the Royal families which were called at the time The "Absolute Monarchy". So what really caused the French revolution?After being one of the powerful and richest countries in Europe‚ The People of France were facing a very hard times‚ poverty
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1804) <br> <br>According to Joseph Weber‚ foster brother of Queen Antoinette‚ there were three primary causes of the French revolution ’the disorder of the finances‚ the state of mind‚ and the war in America.’ The ’disorder in the finances’ acknowledged that the bankruptcy of the monarchy opened the doors to defiance of the King’s authority. The greatest single cause of the revolution was the economic crisis‚ which forced the King to recall the redundant Estates General which had not been called since
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Economical causes of the French Revolution were in fact very important and influential. Without this type of cause it is very likely that the revolution in France ever would have happened. Even so there are three other important factors to the revolution‚ Political‚ Social‚ and Cultural. All four of these causes together are what really caused the French Revolution. Before the French Revolution France was in a major economic crisis. There was a royal debt; the French government kept spending
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undeveloped of a country to repay France for their help in the war. Another one of France’s problems was their government. King Louis XVI and his wife Mary Antoinette were spending more money than they were taking in‚ resorting in a financial problem. Monarchy was the main type of government in the 1700s but it wasn’t efficient. King Louis XVI had the power to make laws and know one could say nothing about it. France’s society was all but great‚ it was divided into classes. The highest class was the government
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French Revolution/ Napoleonic Era WHEN THE KING TOOK FLIGHT * National “Constituent” Assembly‚ the new assembly not only set to work drawing up France’s first constitution‚ but engineered a wholesale transformation of French political and social structures that went far beyond anything most of them had requested in their grievance lists. * During the French Revolution‚ the Legislative Assembly was the legislature of France from 1 October 1791 to September 1792. It provided the focus of
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The Reign of Terror was the first major radical steps in the French Revolution. It had been brooding for some time and the internal conflict the Third Estate was experiencing by their want of a better life is now being expressed through physical violence and taking action against the two higher classes. The radical stages of anarchy have now taken a holt within the revolution‚ “During the Reign of Terror‚ at least 300‚000 suspects were arrested; 17‚000 were officially executed‚ and perhaps 10‚000
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The Downward Spiral of the French Revolution The country’s debt‚ excessive taxation‚ food shortages‚ and people’s frustration with the king as a weak ruler were a catalyst that led to the downward spiral of the French Revolution. France was the most powerful and populous nation in Europe. In the early 1700s‚ France had a population around 19 million‚ about three times that of England‚ approximately six times that of the United Netherlands‚ and six times the number of Finns and Swedes ruled by
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The Era of the French Revolution (1750-1815) distinctively transformed the political‚ economic‚ and social context of France‚ which not only yielded a sharp divide in opinion over the revolution but set a stage for fundamental political ideals. The end of the revolution produced the radical results of abolishing monarchy and nobility‚ confiscating the Catholic Church’s property and landholding‚ and introduced democracy and civil rights to the French and European societies. Issues mainly arose with
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ESSAY FLORA DI VINCENZO PAINE /BURKE: FRENCH REVOLUTION CONTROVERSY Introduction During the French Revolution‚ two writers created an important controversy: Thomas Paine and Edmund Burke. They represented two opposing ideologies: conservatism (Burke) and radical liberalism (Paine). The main idea of Burke was warning of the dangers of trying to shape society according to abstract concepts and ideals‚ and as a representative of traditional English Conservatism. For Paine‚ it was
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Douglas Tong Essay corrections Between 1750 and 1870‚ countries such as France and Haiti experienced dramatic economic‚ political‚ and social changes through Revolutions. A revolution occurs when change is desired by people who were mistreated and for this reason‚ the French and Haitian revolution occurred‚ leading to many different governmental changes such as the first republic of France and the rule of Napoleon‚ and the free republic and independent nation established by Haiti. They also led
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