any rights‚ resented the clergy and nobles. 2.1 Explain how popular uprising contributed to the French Revolution
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nineteenth century. The French Revolution will inspire revolutions for centuries. The French Revolution is important because “By this time the French Revolution had inspired in the Spanish government a healthy fear of the results of radical thought‚ and steep measures were taken to seal off Spain from the contagion of revolutionary ideas.” King Charles IV and the Spanish government are worried about revolution because their government is similar to that of when the French citizens revolted. Napoleon
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The Women’s March on Versailles is known by many names‚ such as The October March‚ The October Days‚ or The March on Versailles. This march was one of the earliest events of the French Revolution. It was the morning of October 5th‚ 1789‚ when groups of women in the marketplace were rioting over the high prices and scarcity of bread. At the end of the Ancien Regime‚ there was a rising fear of famine because of the lower strata of the Third Estate. There were constant rumors of the “Pacte de Famine”
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reason the revolution occurred at that particular time was because of immediate economic factors which included widespread famine and malnutrition‚ which increased the likelihood of disease and death‚ and intentional starvation in the most destitute segments of the population in the months immediately before the Revolution. Another cause was the fact that Louis XV fought many wars‚ bringing France to the verge of bankruptcy‚ and Louis XVI supported the colonists during the American Revolution‚ exacerbating
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2/25/2014 French Revolution Question #3: Identify the major social groups in France on the eve of the 1789 Revolution. Assess the extent to which their aspirations were achieved in the period from the meeting of the Estates-General (May 1789) to the declaration of the republic. (September 1792). During the time of the French Revolution there were three major social groups. The first estate consisted of the clergy‚ the second estate consisted of the nobility‚ and the third estate consisted
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I believe several factors‚ such as Feudalism‚ unfair taxes‚ years of oppression‚ inequality in the French society‚ the bad harvest of the summer of 1788 and the increasing economic crises contributed and lit the fuse of the French revolution. The calling of the Estates-General in May 1789 was aimed to solve the economic crises‚ however mistreatment of the lower classes for centuries led to them wanting change. This event led to the Tennis Court Oath‚ in which the lower classes‚ who were represented
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It was the best of times‚ it was the worst of times The French Revolution Between France and the other major countries of Europe‚ Diplomatic Tensions were high. France soon found itself launching a preemptive war against Austria. France was encouraged to continue invasions into a number of other countries‚ as a result of their success. Italy‚ Germany‚ and Belgium were some of these countries. When the French Revolution was in its early stage‚ The Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen was
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King Louis XVI‚ until the French Revolution occurred in 1789 which ended to the Bourbon dynasty. France was in a state of chaos as the Federal Revolt‚ war and the Terror emerged in the following years (Morris 2000‚ 107). Nevertheless‚ the French still had hopes on one person who they believed could rescue and save their nation from all their political‚ economical and social problems. Napoleon Bonaparte was born in Corsica in 1769‚ an island which had only become French the year before he was born
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many others cause a revolution. This revolution was known as The French Revolution and took place in France during 1789 to 1794. The people revoluted fighting for three freedoms: liberty‚ equality‚ and fraternity. They wanted freedom‚ equal rights and treatment‚ and a brother-like relationship with fellow citizens‚ but did the French Revolution really achieve these goals? Ultimately‚ the French Revolution did not live up to its ideals because the people fighting in the revolution were more focused
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during the French Revolution? Even though the French Revolution brought terror and it seems like nothing good came out of it‚ in the following sections you’ll find out that the educational system was one of the things that did improve and what the education was like before‚ during and after the revolution. Not only that people realized their need for education‚ but also important figures‚ as Napoleon‚ supported them and came with new ideas. Before the French Revolution‚ life in French was easy
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