How Did The Grievances That Cause The French Revolution

For week 6 discussion we were asked to read “The Grievances of Carcassonne”, “Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen”, “Virtue and Terror’: Speech to the Convention (February 5, 1794)”, “On the Realities of Power (1796)” and “The Only Salvation Lies in Hereditary Power’ (December 1804)”. During this time in class we were focusing on revolutions, such as the French Revolution and the reasons that caused the revolution. People were unhappy with their monarchy, there was a financial crisis, plight of the peasants and dissatisfaction of the middle class. The French Revolution caused radical turns in the French government, the Republic lead by Maximilien Robespierre took power and implicated many reforms such as public welfare, education and giving land to the poor. From the Republic Napoleon Bonaparte rose to power through the military and would lead France to conquer major parts of Europe. “The Grievances of Carcassonne” is a list of complaints of the Third Estate in the district of Carcassonne. This document was asking for reform and showing the middle class’s demand for political and social change from their monarchy. The people were asking for the King to ban all public worship that was not Roman Catholic and allow Protestants to hold public office, but not have the positions that were …show more content…
The national assembly wanted to make the rights of man sacred, but that sacredness was dependent on man doing all of their duties. There is a right to law, but the law can only punish man when his actions can cause harm to society. Man has the rights to free speech, liberty, property and security. The document states that as long as man completes his duties and does not cause harm, they deserve the right to a free and happy