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    of the French Revolution by Christopher Hibbert Fung Kei Lap Michael 11L 11/13/2012 Bibliography: Hibbert‚ Christopher. The Days of the French Revolution. New York: HarperCollins‚ 2002. Auntieruth. “Alive with Colorful Characters.” Review of The Days of the French Revolution‚ by Christopher Hibbert. Epinions‚ asdJanuary 29‚ 2008. asdhttp://www.epinions.com/review/The_Days_of_the_French_Revolution_by_Christopher_Hibbert/content_416395071108 Goodreads Inc. “The Days of the French Revolution by Christopher

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    Economical causes of the French Revolution were in fact very important and influential. Without this type of cause it is very likely that the revolution in France ever would have happened. Even so there are three other important factors to the revolution‚ Political‚ Social‚ and Cultural. All four of these causes together are what really caused the French Revolution. Before the French Revolution France was in a major economic crisis. There was a royal debt; the French government kept spending

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    Ideas stemming from the American Revolution‚ natural rights‚ and popular sovereignty strongly influenced the French Revolution and can be traced all the way to the Enlightenment. Firstly‚ as Tom Lansford of the National Social Science Association states‚ “the Enlightenment exerted a stronger influence on the American Revolution” (5). The impact that this had is that since the French sent money and troops to aid the American cause‚ the troops they sent got Enlightenment ideas from the Americans and

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    French Revolution and Napoleonic Era Worksheet  CHRISTOPHER POWERS HIS/114 Chris McAbee March 9‚ 2015 Liberty influenced members of the Third Estate. These members considered themselves an oppressed group. (Revolutionary ideas) They were oppresses politically‚ socially and legally. The King had the power to impress his political opponents and sentenced them to prison without a trial. Torture was used quite often to interrogate suspects and witnesses. (Revolutionary ideas)

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    spending more money than they were taking in‚ resorting in a financial problem. Monarchy was the main type of government in the 1700s but it wasn’t efficient. King Louis XVI had the power to make laws and know one could say nothing about it. France’s society was all but great‚ it was divided into classes. The highest class was the government leaders‚ they lived a comfortable and fancy life making a good income. The middle class was made up of merchants and business owners they lived a well life with an

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    The French Revolution was a time were the French people wanted to obtain their human rights‚ it took lots of dedication‚ motivation‚ and failure to establish a political system that would benefit citizens. People were learning and understanding the principles philosophes were advocating about. Philosophes explained the importance of natural human rights: reason‚ reform‚ and freedom. The French Revolution expressed the people’s need of change‚ by creating a preamble‚ brought monarchy to an end‚ attempt

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    SOCIAL Women’s role in the FRENCH REVOLUTION Women not invited to the assembly of estates general  On 5 May‚ 1789‚ Louis XVI called a meeting of the estates meeting and women were not invited. However‚ their grievances were drafted in the 40000 letters. The modesty of most of these complaints and demands demonstrates the depth of the prejudice against women’s separate political activity. Women could ask for better education and protection of their property rights‚ but even the most politically

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    While there are quite a few striking similarities between the French and American Revolutions‚ there are equally as many differences. Both the French and the American Revolution stem from ideals of Enlightenment‚ wherein the public wanted to be free from oppressive and tyrannical rulers‚ and put power back into the hands of the people. The French revolution was a result of lower classes fighting to overthrow a government within their own country out of a need for welfare and financial security

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    Rights During the French Revolution The French Revolution brought with it many sweeping changes in the realm of human rights both to France and eventually the rest of the world. Through Enlightenment ideas‚ groups previously viewed as second-class citizens‚ and even those viewed as hardly human‚ gained greatly enhanced rights and even citizenship with all that this entailed. Amazingly with all the rights and privileges that were being recognized as inherent to various social groups‚ half the population

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    The French Revolution (1789-1794)‚ worked towards the end of feudalism in France by establishing nationalism and the French nation. The King‚ Louis XVI established the Estate General which included a lack of representation and un-proportioned Third Estate which included majority of the French Population. With the Enlightenment era at that time‚ the Third Estate formed the National Assembly and swore the Tennis Court Oath‚ vowing not to disperse until constitutional reform had been achieved. On August

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