In the late 1780s‚ France had a monarchy with 3 different social classes called estates. The First Estate consisted of the clergy. They owned 10% of the land when they were only 1% of the population. The Second Estate had the nobles‚ and they owned 20% of the land and paid no tax. Nobles counted for 2% of the population leaving the other 97% to the Third Estate. The Third Estate paid high taxes and lacked privileges. Half of their income was used to pay their taxes and they were starving due to the
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several reasons why the Reign of Terror was unjustified. During the period 1789 to 1794‚ somewhere between 20‚000 and 40‚000 innocent people were killed‚ and the homes and property of many more citizens were destroyed. While this was happening‚ Robespierre‚ the leader of the Committee of Public Safety‚ failed to address the needs of the French people. The French people’s rights were violated‚ and they were no better off because they were just as poor as they had been before the Revolution. During
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The thesis of this study is how society was during the French Revolution from 1789 to 1799. French Revolution during this time went through significant changes from the beginning when society was run by the wealthy class and being undemocratic and changed to being a democratic state. From 1789 to 1799‚ the French Revolution was a "cataclysmic political and 1 social upheaval
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guillotine was invented‚ there was a massive loss of lives and destruction of property. Many important nobles and clergy were executed along with other important people including King Louis XVI‚ Marie Antoinette‚ Jean-Paul Marat‚ and Maximilien Robespierre. In total‚ approximately 37‚000 people were executed by the end of the French Revolution. By 1792-1794‚ the revolution had became so violent‚ that a new “era” had dawned upon the people‚ this was called the Reign of Terror. During this period there
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Comparative Essay: American and French Revolutions The Atlantic revolutions had a big impact on the development of world history. Starting with the American Revolution‚ where Americans fought for their independence from Great Britain‚ each subsequent revolution took ideas and courage from the previous one. A similarity of the first two Revolutions‚ the French and the American‚ was that they were both erected from an economic crisis. Some differences were that the French‚ right after their monarchy
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ministry 8 The initial disasters of war 9 The 10 August 10 Insurrection and constitutional crisis 11 References [edit]The composition of the Legislative Assembly The National Constituent Assembly dissolved itself on 30 September 1791. Upon Robespierre ’s motion it had decreed that none of its members should be capable of sitting in the next legislature‚ this is known as the Self-Denying Ordinance. Its legacy‚ the Constitution of 1791‚ attempted to institute a liberal constitutional monarchy.
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willing to use violence in the process. Everyone who thought differently got killed by a guillotine! Their often wasn’t any proof. About 15.000 got killed in those years. The victims were mostly of the third altitude. Napoleon The rain of terror of Robespierre ended in 1794. He died the same way he killed all those victims. Under the guillotine. The nation got divided. Some even wanted a king to rule again while wanted to continue the revolution. Their was a short period were a civil war arose. Ten years
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Chapter IX. The French Revolution pp. 361-415 France “replaced the ‘Old Regime’ with ‘modern society‚’ and at its extreme phase it became very radical‚ so much so that all later revolutionary movements have looked back to it as a predecessor to themselves.” The French Revolution occurred in the most advanced country of the day‚ the center of the Enlightenment. It was the most powerful‚ wealthy nation in Europe. It had the largest population (24 m) under one government. Paris was smaller than
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1. Intro: Composer Ludwig van Beethoven was an innovator‚ widening the scope of sonata‚ symphony‚ concerto‚ and quartet‚ and combining vocals and instruments in a new way. His personal life was marked by a struggle against deafness‚ and some of his most important works were composed during the last 10 years of his life‚ when he was quite unable to hear. He is an crucial figure in the transition between the Classical and Romantic eras in Western art music‚ a pianist‚ a composer who remains one of
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Franz Joseph I of Austria-Hungary was born into the house of Habsburg in 1830. He was the oldest of Archduke Franz Karl of Austria. After his father relinquished his crown in 1848‚ Joseph had to become Emperor at the age of 18. He was the last of the Habsburg family to rule over Austria‚ after over 750 years. Right after rising to be Emperor of Austria‚ he lost the war to the French in the same year. He became King of Hungary in 1867‚ though later on‚ due to pressures he turned the two into Austria-Hungary
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