thematic essay

A conflict is a serious disagreement or argument, and throughout history there have been many disagreements between the people and the government all the way to arguments over land. In the end all of these disagreements and arguments lead to the weakening of the nations political, economical and social structures. The French Revolution is a perfect example of a conflict in history. It began as a fight for class equality but eventually incorporated many different political groups in the search for power and democracy. Since there was a battle for power, a dictator seized the moment to take full power of all the French people. However the revolution proved that conflicts could threaten a nations stability, unity and peace.

France, during the 18th century was a society of monarchy. There were strains between classes, democracy and individual liberties. When the king requested the 3rd Estate general to resolve the nations debt, instead of resolving it he saw the class struggles. The lower class or the Third Estate did not accept the fact that they were the unimportant majority of the population and their voices weren’t heard. Unlike the 1st and 2nd estate (which consisted of the clergy and nobles) had a voice. After the 3rd Estate refused the king’s terms led to the tennis court oath and formation of the national assembly. The actions of the 3rd Estate sparked the start of the French Revolutions. Throughout the revolutions several opposing groups emerged, the royalists, revolutionists, Jacobins etc. A major group was the Royalists; they were the people who wanted power returned to the royal family, mainly the nobles, catholic clergymen and the royal family supported this. Originally many of the nobles including the monarchs attempted to move over seas to close countries, such as Austria, they were not successful. The revolutionists were the revolutionary men and women from the lower class who wanted their voices to be heard in the government. Lasting over a decade