At the beginning of the French Revolution‚ France had been the center of much unrest. With the king’s failure to satisfy the majority of the French population‚ the unrest led to the revolt against French monarchy. The systems that failed to treat the members of the third estate as equals to the members of the first two led to the French Revolution‚ which was ultimately successful in what it set out to achieve. The systems in place prior to the French Revolution led to much of the unrest in France
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throughout the French Revolution can attest to this kind of issue. The concept of “citizen” does not exist‚ all people are seen as subjects. Before the French Revolution‚ these “subjects” did not have rights or a mind to think on their own. Capability and dictatorship is used to govern these “subjects” lives‚ they were never allowed in the involvement of politics. Until the enlightenment in the eighteenth century‚ this was when the people of France started to see that change was essential. The French revolution
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The French Revolution made revolution part of the worlds political tradition. The French Revolution was successful because‚ the biggest cause was an example furnished by the American Revolution‚ which led to the Revolutions in Latin America. One of the greatest causes of the French Revolution was example furnished by the American Revolution. The American Revolution was a political disturbance that took place between 1765 and 1783. The American Revolution began‚ because the colonists did not like
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the poor used to pay a lot of taxes it wasn’t fair the peasants and the poor people pay what rich people do. Besides it wasn’t fair that not all the people have the privilege to study and learn. 2 How did Louis XVI weak leadership lead to the French Revolution?
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and country had to default on obligations and debt. Improvements happened after Napoleon’s reforms and by widespread confiscation of wealth from Europe (for example by asking Austria to pay for a war reparations). Anarchy and mob violence‚ counter-revolution‚ and civil war caused death to hundreds of thousands citizens. Entire regions were depopulated by burn land tactics‚ and cities like Lyon destroyed. It was the biggest outbreak of violence in Europe between 30Y War and WWI. The extreme measures
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American Revolution is different from the French Revolution in many ways. The American Revolution was different and had different ways of doing things then the French Revolution. “On July 4 ‚ 1776‚ the Second Continental Congress approved a Declaration of Independence written by Thomas Jefferson”(321). What the quote is saying is that the American Revolution was about fighting for independence and how a lot of places wanted independence from somewhere or peace treaties. The French Revolution was very
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B. A. – 2nd Semester – Summer Drive 2012 B.A. (English) Subject Name: Political Thinkers. Subject code: BAE 202 4 credits (60 marks) (BKID: B1443) Set 2 1. Explain Rousseau’s relation with the French Revolution. According to this testimony‚ it would seem that Rousseau’s influence extended through much of the popular and intellectual sphere. However‚ it also reached as high as the royal court. In a discourse before the Assemblée Nationale‚ Louis XVI goes as far as to attribute much
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Before the French Revolution was sparked‚ poverty plagued the streets of France. Families starved while Louis XVI and his flighty wife Marie Antoinette spent lavishly. The ineffective rulers gambled and partied frequently and freely‚ and by 1789 France was out of money and faced a serious financial crisis. France’s unequal social hierarchy made of three classes-the First‚ Second‚ and Third Estate- was extremely unfair to the Third Estate which was ninety seven percent of the population and included
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monarchy to different‚ more radical forms of government. The start of the overthrow of monarchy‚ which eventually led to the beginning of the French Revolution‚ began with the overthrow of the English monarchy by the Parliament of England in 1649. The American Revolution of 1776 soon followed‚ and finally‚ France started their own Revolution; the French Revolution of 1789. Of course‚ there are many political‚ economic‚ and social causes leading to this sudden political advancement in France. For example
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political revolution in Western civilization. The French Revolution was a major part of this sweeping change in the way Europeans (and the newborn Americans) perceived the function of government and the most effective ways of governing. The French Revolution had many long term and short term causes and effects‚ and was one of the most violent periods in the history of the country. There were many factors that contributed to the spark of the revolution. There were three main causes of the French Revolution:
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