Overview: This essay is a summary of the 2005 History Channel documentary of the French Revolution. The closing paragraph is my personal opinion on the movie. All information came from the Documentary. Documentary Information Directed by Writing credits Doug Shultz Thomas Emil Doug Shultz Produced by Hilary Sio Doug Shultz/Producer Sandya Viswanathan/Co-producer In 1770 the French Revolution began to form‚ at Fifteen Louis the sixteenth‚ marries Marie Antoinette the fourteen year old Austrian
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periods and influences such as the Classical period‚ Romantic‚ Modern‚ etc.. It is also influenced by large events‚ such as war. The French Revolution‚ which occurred during the late 1700’s‚ was driven by the ideas and ideals of the Enlightenment. The revolution occurred‚ similarly to the American Revolutionary War‚ because of high taxes and opposition to the French Monarchy. The monarchy had left the country nearly bankrupt‚ 98% of the population were severely underrepresented in the government (History
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February 2015 During the French Revolution many events occurred leading up to the Revolution. By this time there way three key problems Social‚ storming of bastille‚ economic crisis. In every Revolution‚ social economy is everything because people matter in the world. One problem was France’s unequal social hierarchy that was made up of three classes. (The First Estate owned 10% of land‚ but paid little in taxes to their government. Second Estate owned 20% of French land‚ but didn’t pay any taxes
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The Bread riot started way before the French Revolution as early as 1724 but‚ during the spring of 1789‚ bread riots were very common. The bread riots were the main reason for the start of the French Revolution because‚ France was already in so much debt because of the King‚ wars with England and got some many people to dislike the King and Queen. As a result‚ the King(Louis XVI) raised the bread prices as much as 80 percent. Bad weather stopped the production of grain leading Peasants and commoners
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center of the aristocratic monarchy. The French Monarchs had unlimited power and they declared themselves as the “Representative of the God”. The French Revolution ushered in a new age‚ but there was a terrible price in blood shed‚ overspending‚ and crop failure. The Revolution proclaimed Liberty‚ Equality‚ and Fraternity while fighting off a hostile Europe. There are many reasons why the French Revolution occurred‚ but the major causes of the Revolution were the Government (Politics)‚ social issues
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Rachel Poole Professor Loar HIS 102-02W March 29‚ 2018 History Paper 3 The French Revolution‚ Industrialization‚ and Romantic Nationalism all set Europe apart from other nations in some way. Each movement affected Europe economically‚ politically‚ and socially. The French Revolution had many affects economically. Even before the French Revolution‚ the economic condition in France was poor. The seven years of War of Louis XV contributed to the poor economic state. The fall of Bastille in 1789 also
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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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Chapter 23 French Revolution Which of the following is an accurate description of the tax system in France in the years proceding the French Revolution? The members of the Third Estate paid almost all of the taxes What does the word plediscite mean? A vote of the people Which of the following did Napoleon NOT accomplish An equal-oppurtunity public education system What strategy did Czar Alexander I use to defeat Napoleon in Russia? Scorched-earth policy Which of the following traits
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of the revolution would not have occurred without the influence of the political leaders of France that used enlightened ideas and writings to influence the masses. Through evocative speeches and calls for rebellion against the monarchy and estate system‚ people were made revolutionaries‚ pursuing reform. Furthermore‚ the revolutionaries who advocated the calls for reform and supported enlightened ideas and took steps towards initiating reforms through forceful means. Ultimately‚ the French revolution
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the population struggling to feed their families‚ the France we know today was shaped by the work and death of thousands of French citizens fighting for equality and liberty. The corrupt Catholic Church and government system at the time was completely broken down. The revolution reshaped France as an egalitarian society with the shift of power. Before the French revolution in 1789 France was ruled by the social and political system known as the Ancien Regime‚ this divided France into layers of estates
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