Antoinette for the French Revolution‚ because she was spent the countries money on parties‚ clothes‚ champagne and cake instead of helping the poor people of the country‚ but I don’t think she was why the revolutionist stood up for themselves‚ because there were much bigger issues going on at that time than an Austrian princess. Although she might have been one of the reasons why some joined the Revolution‚ I don’t think she was the one who got everyone to form the Revolution. I think that the main
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Mullaney in “The French Revolution” n.p. claims accounted for about 98% of the country’s population) and the 2nd as well as the 1st estate built up of the middle and higher wage workers/families. Estates were rigid social classes that divided the country as stated before into lower‚ middle‚ and higher income families. The American revolution just taking place sparked an idea throughout the third estate and inspired daring and new minds like Jean-Pierre Brissot. The American revolution sort let them
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From the beginning of the people’s revolt‚ the French Revolution became one of the most important events to occur in the history of France‚ and around the world. From the day it began‚ the question as to what influenced this political uprising has been pondered by many people. Now before the revolution‚ people were starting to question religion‚ and were leaning more towards science and rationality to explain things. These people pointed out the absurdities of religion‚ and the need for the better
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The Order of the Day: Terror in the French Revolution By 1792‚ the many of the issues that had led to the French Revolution in the first place continued to be unsolved. The French economy was still in steady decline‚ The newly introduced paper currency called the assagnat‚ had depreciated. And that along with bad harvests‚ and the rise of the price of sugar due to a slave revolt in Haiti‚ left food prices very high. War with major European countries seemed imminent. Austria‚ Prussia‚ and England
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The French Revolution evolved to be a very important time in history because it forever changed the face of France. The revolution was caused by several conditions which greatly impacted the change of France. The causes that contributed to the French Revolution were the political‚ social‚ and economic conditions of the years leading up to 1789. Those factors not only induced many events during the revolution but also the ideas from the Enlightenment era sparked the minds of many French civilians
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of the French Revolution as he single-handedly implemented the ideas of “Liberty‚ Equality and Fraternity”. Napoleon implemented the ideologies of French Revolution which were derived from the Enlightenment by introducing the Napoleonic Code‚ lycee and baculerrate education‚ constitutions and meritocracy. These reforms could have only been implemented by a strong ruler with the power of the modern state tailored to suit his motives of maintaining his power. During the start of the French Revolution
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King Louis XVI (16th) did not listen to the people and take good care of them; he cared about the other three percent‚ the nobility. Thus‚ the poor rebelled and created a turning point in world history. King Louis had a very large role in the French Revolution. King Louis XVI came into power when he was very young. He was ill-prepared to be king and lacked the ability to make good decisions for his country and the determination to pull through with all of the policies. King Louis truly did want to
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Christopher Tejeda 19 October 2010 History 4‚ 20316‚ T-Th 9:45-11:10 Women in the French Revolution: The Ultimate Failure of Women’s Acquisition of Equal Rights The French Revolution has often been touted as the revolution that liberated individuals and gave triumph to traditionally oppressed groups. The Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen‚ which was France’s declaration of rights drafted during the revolution‚ garnered basic human rights to all man‚ leaving all women as a subservient
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because enlightenment ideas swept through Europe. The idea of a government ran by the people. The first main act of the Revolution is the storming of the Bastille. The rebels stole guns from all over Paris but needed gunpowder and the only way to get it was in the Bastille. The Bastille was a fortress that was suppose to protect France. It was made up of 8 huge columns and was a square shape. The storming of the Bastille is a national
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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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