Throughout history there have been numerous amounts of revolutions and without most of the revolutions that occurred the country wouldn’t be where it’s at today. Before we can elaborate on a specific revolution we must first define the meaning of “Revolution”, a revolution is an overthrow or repudiation and the thorough replacement of an established government or political system by the people governed. The French revolution began in 1789 and was an important event in French history, ironically the French revolution was inspired by the American Revolution, this revolution marked the day that French nationalist could no longer take hardship from its government (limited monarchy) and rebelled against them. The French Revolution first year consisted of the assault on the Bastille in July, the passage of the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen in August, and an epic march on Versailles that forced the royal court back to Paris in …show more content…
The prices of bread rose to an expensive amount causing people with little money to starve and criminal activity to rise. Another cause for the French revolution was an unfair act of social justice which was that the king established three estates the first estate consisted of the clergy and the second consisted of nobles and the third estate consisted of peasants, business men and lawyers, they then made the third estate pay all the taxes which weren’t fear causing the people to