Causes of the French Revolution The French Revolution had many causes including; economic‚ political‚ and geographic factors that built up until people decided to take a stand. An example of this is in document number eleven which has both ----- and ----- factors from a social science perspective. This document shows the members of the national assembly who decided to take a stand and vowed to not separate until they made a constitution later known as the “Tennis Court Oath”. This document really
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13 The French Revolution: The Radical Stage‚ 1792-1794 The proof necessary to convict the enemies of the people is every kind of evidence‚ either material or moral or verbal or written. . . . Every citizen has the right to seize conspirators and counter-revolutionaries and to arraign them before magistrates. He is required to denounce them when he knows of them. Law of 22 Prairial Year II (June 10‚ 1794) Inflamed by their poverty and hatred of wealth‚ the SANS-CULOTTES insisted that it was the duty
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The French Revolution (French: Révolution française; 1789–1799)‚ was a period of radical social and political upheaval in France that had a lasting impact on French history and more broadly throughout the world. The absolute monarchy that had ruled France for centuries collapsed within three years. French society underwent an epic transformation‚ as feudal‚ aristocratic and religious privileges evaporated under a sustained assault from radical left-wing political groups‚ masses on the streets‚ and
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18th century‚ the French people were in unrest with their king‚ Louis XVI. While the French people were starving‚ clergymen‚ nobles‚ and royalty continued to lead lavish lifestyles. Despite the requests of his people‚ Louis failed to make reformations so the people took it into their own hands and created the National Assembly. As news of the revolution spread throughout Europe‚ Prussia‚ and Austria threatened to invade France to protect the king and queen. An extremist group of French people‚ known
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Oliver Cromwell is today held by outstanding virtue by many people in Britain. Numerous Britons still see Cromwell as the father of modern British democracy due to his effective role during the English Revolution and the subsequent years he spent as a Member of Parliament. Nevertheless‚ his reputation in Ireland is quite the contrary. Cromwell only spent nine months of his life in Ireland yet amongst the island’s people he has gained a reputation as a genocidal monster hell-bent on massacring its
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FRENCH REVOLUTION ASSIGNMENT ONE Modern European History Jonah Haines 1293 Mr. Potts ìPrivilege not poverty caused the French Revolutionî To what extent do you agree? The French Revolution was essentially a class war between the emerging Bourgeoisie against the Privileged class‚ this meant they saw the Privileged class as the only hurdle between themselves and equality within French society. Many of the ideas they pursued stemmed from
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The three causes of the french revolution’ Louis XIV France was going through an economic an economic‚ because King Louis was spending money that his country did not have. Although the king was selfish‚ he did not realize all the social‚ economic‚ and security problems in his country. The third estate was not being treated fairly in the voting system. The bread prices were unaffordable‚ leaving people starved. There was distrust in King Louis‚ because of so many rumors going around. All the
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the late 1700’s France was one of the most powerful and influential countries in Europe. The violent changes that took place during the French Revolution affected most of the European people. People had many different opinions of the revolution. It was a period of time where new ideas about government‚ human rights‚ and social equality were being introduced to France. I think these new ideas were the reason why people had so many different reactions to the French Revolution. France and other European
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The French Revolution was a very important series of events for all of French history‚ making a big impact on all the lives of past and present French citizens. There was no one factor was directly responsible for the French Revolution. Years of feudal cruelty and taxing‚ public revenues and public debt mismanagement contributed to a French society that was on the edge of revolt. The French Revolution‚ the revolutionary movement that shook France between 1787 and 1799‚ reached its first climax there
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At the end of the 18th century there was one of the most significant events in the history of dress. Men gave up their right to all the bright‚ more elaborate‚ and more varied forms of clothing. They left all that to the women. Men abandoned their claim to be considered beautiful. They‚ instead‚ aimed at being useful in society. Those who have studied the situation all agree that the causes for these changes were primarily of political and social nature. The also believed that in their origin the
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