the ability of reason and was also an era of thoughts and intellectual accomplishments. A new social class known as the Philosophes emerged‚ they encouraged the French population to question their society. These ideas impacted the social‚ economical‚ political‚ and scientific aspects of society and were the cause of the French Revolution. The new proposition of government and society based upon the Enlightenment ideals of democracy‚ citizenship‚ and human rights set ahead by the philosophers such
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Chapter 19 Name: Matt AP French Revolution The Crisis of the French Monarchy 1. Problem of debt- during this time the French monarchy was deeply in debt after the seven years war. Because France lost a majority of their colonies with the addition of a fragile economic system because of their lack of faith in banks it fell to the Royal government to tap into their own finances to solve the problem The Monarchy seeks new taxes 2. Parlement and Parlements- there was a standoff
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rules as a dictator‚ there was no real voting power for anyone | Abolition of serfdom and feudalism | The republic saw that all citizens were equal | Continental system | Cause economic problems throughout Europe | Code Napoleon | It was confusing that the localities of France had different laws‚ and having set uniform laws made life easier | Invasion of Russia | Unbearable weather‚ lack of food for soldiers to forage‚ and lack of preparation | Economic
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#1: What was so revolutionary about the French Revolution (what is the author’s interpretation‚ and what is your interpretation… do you agree with the author)? the author’s interpretation of what was so revolutionary about the french revolution is that “the French revolution was a succession of such events‚ events so terrible that shook mankind to it’s core. out of destruction they created a new sense of possibility- not just of writing constitutions nor of legislating liberty and equality
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because they were open to change in Enlightenment Ideas; most people paid nearly half their income on tithes to the Church and meaningless taxes‚ and they wanted a noble leader to replace their current weak one. Upon seeing success with the American Revolution‚ members of the third party began to question the long standing structure of their society. They began to quote philosophes like Voltaire and Rousseau because they favored the Enlightenment principle over the Old Regime’s. 4. How did King Louis
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The struggle of the French Revolution can be viewed‚ as any revolution can be‚ through the many eyes‚ of the people who are fighting it. They are fighting for reasons that vary according to what they believe as individuals‚ “Despite occasional appearances or stated war aims‚ the war became an ideological conflict between new and old –between “democratic” and “aristocratic” forms of society…” The war was a meeting of the minds‚ yes there was famine‚ and an unskilled monarchy‚ but the problems went
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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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equality‚ liberty‚ and democracy. The social and political changes in France were best characterized by three different periods - the weak monarchy of King Louis XVI and the subsequent period of confusion after his removal from power‚ the reign of Napoleon Bonaparte and his downfall‚ and the new order brought about by the Congress of Vienna; central to these changes were Enlightenment influence‚ nationalism‚ and France ’s relations with other countries. However‚ despite the great social upheavals of
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Abraham Lincoln abolished slavery in the United States‚ and King Louis XVIII of France inadvertently caused a revolution. Though Louis may be well known‚ the most famous of France’s rulers was arguably Napoleon. His military success and determination led to a huge amount of power within his French Empire‚ but ultimately a great fall. The entire nation of France was able to appreciate Napoleon and give him perhaps more credit than he is due; they saw him as a beacon of hope. Much of Napoleon’s rule consisted
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and revolution. Most importantly the change of one country was able to inspire another to do the same. On July 4‚ 1776 America gained independence from Great Britain and soon followed the start of the French revolution. In 1789 France was under bankruptcy from excessive spending of their king‚ therefore the storming of the Bastille signaled their revolution. Furthermore‚ the influence of America on France can be explained through the French fur trappers living in western America. The French occupying
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