CAUSES OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION DBQ This task is based on the accompanying documents. Some of these documents have been edited for the purpose of this task. This task is designed to test your ability to work with historic documents. As you analyze the documents‚ take into account both the source of the document and the author’s point of view Historical Context The French Revolution of 1789 had many long-range causes. Political‚ social‚ and economic conditions in France contributed to the
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| The Age of EnlightenmentThe 18th Century Enlightenment: | What is the enlightenment? Well Immanuel Kant responded‚ "Dare to know." Those who advocated enlightenment were convinced that they were emerging from centuries of darkness and ignorance into a new age enlightened by reason‚ science‚ and humanity. Such thinkers were called philosophes in France. These philosophes would gather around in salons‚ which were discussion groups organized by women. The early Enlightenment was deeply rooted in
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Prior to 1789‚ also known as the Old Regime‚ ideas about natural law and human being’s nature had remained the same for hundreds of years. These ideas were however challenged in the years leading up to 1789 and the French Revolution by enlightened people known as Philosophes. Philosophes like Voltaire‚ Lady Mary Montagu‚ Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Galileo Galilei believed in a new meaning for natural truth and human reason. These new ideas challenged the existing social‚ political‚ and economic order
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17—The Age of Enlightenment: Eighteenth Century Thought Chapter Overview: The Enlightenment is a movement of people and ideas that fostered the expansion of literate sectors of European society and that economic improvement and political reform were both possible and desirable. Contemporary western political and economic thought is a product of Enlightenment thinking; therefore‚ some historians believe the process of Enlightenment continues today. Inspired by the scientific revolution and prepared
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Causes and Outcomes of the French Revolution A common theme of the historical French Revolution of the late 1700s is the bloodshed associated with a new execution device developed by Antoine Louis‚ the guillotine (Acton). This negative connotation of the Revolution resides in the minds of the French and people all around the world. Although the French Revolution has contained a fair amount of bloodshed‚ its aftermath on the French nation was overall positive for the French people. There were several
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in many ways. People can cause a rebellion by not having what they need‚ like food or money‚ or something on a much larger scale‚ such as war. Rebellion can be caused by something that may seem much smaller‚ like the people feeling they don’t have a voice or people being easily offended. No matter the size‚ Rebellion has always been a problem in society and there is no simple way to end it because everybody is unique and has different ideas. One-person rebelling can cause the end to another person
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The Enlightenment “Dare to know! Have courage to use your own reason!” -Immanuel Kant‚ ‘What Is Enlightenment?’ (1784) The Age of Enlightenment is the period in the history of Western thought and culture that spanned from the mid-seventeenth century to the eighteenth century. It is commonly characterized by the dramatic revolutions in science‚ philosophy‚ society and politics that swept away the medieval world-view and ushered in our modern western world. The driving force behind the Enlightenment
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1-I-13 First Draft of French Revolution Essay Why was there a revolution in France in 1789? The French Revolution was a imaginary train that changed the direction of thought in Europe and also showed the end of the “Modern Age”‚ which is called the Ancién Regime in France‚ and showed the beginning of a “Contemporary Age”. The absolutism of the Ancién Regime was the seed that planted the fury of the people in France and it was the main reason that started the revolution. The unfairness of the
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The French revolution was the result of many problems concerning the unfair treatment of the middle class and peasants (the 3rd Estate). The 3rd Estate made up 97% of the total population of France‚ and yet they only counted as one third of the total votes. The lower class was forced to pay heavy tailles‚ while the upper class paid minimal. The price of bread had also risen above the peoples’ ability to pay. These three problems led to a huge revolution that would change the shape of France forever
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The causes of the French Revolution is a significant subject of historical debate. France in 1789‚ although facing some economic (and especially fiscal) difficulties‚ was one of the richest and most powerful nations in Europe;[1] further‚ the masses of most other European powers had less freedom and a higher chance of arbitrary punishment. At the time Louis XVI called the Estates-General of 1789‚ he himself was generally popular‚ even if the nobility and many of the king’s ministers were not.[2]
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