Timeline French Revolution 1774 1786 May 5 1789 June 17 1789 June 20 July 14 August 27 1789 1789 1789 June 1791 September April 1791 1792 August 10 September 1793 1792 1792 Summer July 1793 July 1794 1793 to July 1794 Louis XIV becomes King Louis XVI became king and inherited part of the debt from his predecessors. October 1789 Summer 1792 January 21 1793 1795 Bankers refuse to lend government money Bankers refused to lend the government any more money which caused Louis to face serious
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fully agree that French revolution laid the foundation of democracy. As you are aware Democracy is a form of government that allows people to choose their rulers and people have the freedom to express views‚ freedom to organize and freedom to protest The French Revolution (French: Révolution française; 1789–99) was 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. French society underwent
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Phases of the French Revolution The French Revolution was a period of radical social and political upheaval in French and European history. It lasted from 1789 to 1799. There were many phases of the French Revolution such as‚ The estates general‚ National Assembly‚ limited monarchy‚ the first french republic‚ directory‚ and the Napoleonic era phase. The Estates General was the first phase which lasted from (1788-1789) and they only met under unique circumstances‚ there elections and meetings
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Christopher Tejeda 19 October 2010 History 4‚ 20316‚ T-Th 9:45-11:10 Women in the French Revolution: The Ultimate Failure of Women’s Acquisition of Equal Rights The French Revolution has often been touted as the revolution that liberated individuals and gave triumph to traditionally oppressed groups. The Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen‚ which was France’s declaration of rights drafted during the revolution‚ garnered basic human rights to all man‚ leaving all women as a subservient
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France’s 1789 revolution marked a turning point for the nation as it became both a symbol of the resistance against tyranny for France as well as social change for the better. The first revolution gave both left wing and right wing groups inspiration in how to make France better. After the defeat of Napoleon in 1815 and the end of the first French Revolution‚ France went through several revolutions and rebellions all inspired by the first revolution‚ then having a national revolution from the fascist
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complex structures involved and the historian must be careful to study all of them in their mutual interconnection. The French Revolution is a particularly complex process because it is a turning point in history and even now there are different points of view about its causes‚ development and consequences‚ however it is clear that one of the main short-term causes was the French social structure‚ the Ancient Regime. The division into three estates with different rights and duties‚ produced a clear
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the French Revolution are vast and vary greatly in what they concern. What could be seen as the flame that ignited the French Revolution’s fire is France’s ever-growing population – when King Louis XVI took power in 1770 he commanded rule over twenty percent of Europe’s then non-Russian population‚ some thirty million people. This massive population combined with inefficient farming techniques served to create food shortages‚ particularly in the grain utilized to make bread‚ a staple in French diet
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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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The French Revolution is a moment in France’s history that brought upon a political upheaval and chaotic mess. What many people do not realize is the enormous impact the French Revolution has on current European Civilization and other societies in the world. The revolution changed not only France‚ but other countries as well. Consequently‚ the revolution was not a mark in history‚ but a stepping stone. The Revolution started a domino effect which led to imperative events in the world’s history and
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Food affected three-fourths of the French revolution‚ and “when the grain crops failed two years in a row‚ in 1788 and 1789‚ the price of bread shot up to 88 percent of [a peasant’s] wages. Many blamed the ruling class for the resulting famine and economic upheaval. On top of that‚ peasants resented the gabelle‚ a tax on salt that was particularly unfairly applied to the poor.” (Bramen‚ Lisa.) The food that the peasants ate “consisted of inferior grains to that of their noble neighbors‚ such as
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