Bastille

result, on August 24, 1789, the nobles and clergy of France lost their privileges by the National Assembly. The French Revolution is an outcome of the combination of the bankruptcy of France, the inequality of the Estates, and the slaughtering at the Bastille. Bankruptcy was a repeating problem for the French government. This bankruptcy began when France went to the 7 years war. As rivals against Britain, Louis did not hesitate to go to war with Britain. The only problem with this was that…

privilege. The image also includes the Bastille fortress in the background. The storming of the Bastille is considered the starting event to the French revolution. The Bastille fortress was used as a state prison for high class convicts, political trouble makers and spies. The military governor, Bernard-Jordan de Launay, feared it would become a target for revolutionaries and on July 14, 1789 the attack on the fortress occurred. Men stormed the great walls of Bastille and began to lower the…

the March on Versailles, Storming of the Bastille and the execution of the king. Peasants fought because the king had not provided enough to them. By fighting, the peasants showed that you did not need money to make a change. The peasants sparked the revolution with the first course of violent action; raiding of the bastille. Not having enough weapons and gunpowder, the people decided to go to the the site of the bastille which had gunpowder. The bastille…

Court Oath. Robespierre was a very nice person and he helped defend the third estates but all of a sudden, he had turned into a monster. He had started killing many people and brought many innocent lives to death by him. Furthermore, the Fall of Bastille really marked a turning point of the revolution since people wanted human rights and did not want to a king to control their lives and being their slaves. Firstly, the Tennis Court Oath is a very special event in the revolution history. Nobody…

experience the rooftop. Cause 3: The Commoners The Nobles and Wealthy individuals had been treating the Commoners truly awful by giving them charges on themselves and their territory. Event 1: The Storming of the Bastille On July fourteenth, 1789, the everyday people walked into the regal Bastille, a jail that held 1 insane man, 2 maniacs, and 4 cons.…

The French Revolution was a pivotal period because it brought about social, economic and religious changes in France. The absolutism of the monarchy was overthrown. The National Assembly, the Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen, and the march of the women to Versailles initiated a significant period known as the French Revolution. High inflation caused a steep rise in prices of such staples as bread which led to the physical hunger of the lower class people, and unequal taxation…

disturbing details of Jerry Cruncher's life. However, no character change is more significant than Doctor Manette being “recalled to life” by his daughter Lucie. Due to Monsieur Manette enduring nearly 18 years of harsh incarcerated life in the prison of Bastille, it was unsurprising to see that both his mental and physical health had depreciated to an extent in which a normal life seemed impossible after his release from the infamous prison. Although Manette suffered a minor relapse into his…

privileges, the other two bodies of this ancient society of orders fought viciously to protect themselves; however, a chain of events ended up dislodging their grip over the French people. The creation of the National Assembly, the storming of the Bastille and the Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen are three essential and extremely consequential events during the ‘moderate’ phase of the French Revolution for they convey the restlessness of the French people, above all those of Third…

The French Revolution consisted of several political events before the eventual start of the war at the raid of Bastille. The motion of the revolution began with the Proclamation of the National Assembly which stated, “The title of National Assembly is the only one befitting the Assembly in the actual situation of affairs, because the members composing it are the only representatives lawfully and publicly acknowledged and verified; because they are directly sent by almost the whole of the…

history is such a large and traditionally successful country has been forced through hardships and failures in seemingly all aspects of the country. The oppression of the French people, the economic failure of the French government, and the storming of bastille led to the cause of the French revolution. Many things contributed to the oppression of the French people, from food costs soaring to the extravagant spending by King…