How Is The French Revolution Relevant Today

The French Revolutions applications were endless, and a country that this was prevalent in was Switzerland. “It proclaimed the equality of citizens before the law, equality of languages, freedom of thought and faith; it created a Swiss citizenship, basis of our modern nationality, and the separation of powers, of which the old regime had no conception; it suppressed internal tariffs and other economic restraints; it unified weights and measures, reformed civil and penal law, authorized mixed marriages (between Catholics and Protestants), suppressed torture and improved justice; it developed education and public works.” This is important to my research because it progresses the idea that the French Revolution progressed the world into the modern area with ideas such as equality, citizenship, separation of powers. It made countries consider making all men equal, and the impact that it could have on their country if they neglect it. Separation of power was also revolutionary in the world, but I will touch more on that later in the paper. …show more content…
These ideas are still relative today, and are still being fought for in certain regions of the world. The French Revolution began a war on equality in 1789 that is still being fought today. People desire freedom and the ability to vote, marry who they want, and feel safe in their dwellings. The French revolution made all of this possible and demonstrated to the world that they are able to fight for their rights. While the French Revolution may have not been the best example of how to fight a revolution the ideals that they put forward, and what they were fighting for was powerful, and the world took notice. Switzerland, was especially effected by the revolution and was progressed towards the modern era with the reforms that it brought