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The French Revolution, which took place in 1789-1799, brought about great changes in France’s government and society. The monarchy was overthrown by a people fed up with their injustices. There were many different causes of the French Revolution, some of which were feudalism and the class system, the monarchy, and the economy. To began with, feudalism and the class system helped cause the French Revolution. The people of France were divided into three different classes, which were the clergy,…

Since the time that King Louis XVI became the king of France in 1774, the country started to suffer abounding affairs. All of the abounding affairs France had was caused by King Louis XVI, which later led to French Revolution. The French Revolution was primarily created by the social inequalities, economy, and political reasons. King Louis XVI ruled by the divine right theory which made him control all of the country's decisions, The Social inequalities of France during the 18th century was very…

Abbe Emmanuel Sieyes, “What is the Third Estate?” Abbè Sieyès aka Emmanuel Joseph Sieyès, was born May 3, 1748 in France. At the beginning time of the Revolution, Sieyès was an abbè for the church. Even though he believe more into the science aspect of life. The financial crisis in France forced the King to assemble the Estates General, so then the minister Necker asked for opinions on how the Estate General should be established. And this is when Abbè Sieyès created and presented the pamphlet,…

The French Revolution was a time of reckoning, blood shed, clashing beliefs, and chaos. With the French people overthrowing the Monarchy and execution of French aristocracy including King Louis XVI and his wife Marie Antoinette. This time period is such mixture for the arts. With the flamboyant and dream like Rococo style representing all the luxury that Royalty where having while leaving the French people to starve, artists started looking for new styles to lead the way of the Revolution.…

France at one point had a classification system called the Old Regime. It consisted of the First Estate, which had the clergy. The Second Estate included all of the nobles, and the Third Estate had all the middle class and poor. However the Third Estate was treated very poorly and were not equal to the other classes. The unjust treatment to the Third Estate was a major cause that led to the French Revolution. In the political cartoon, we see a poor man is chained while a king, priest, and a…

The unfair distribution of powers, rights, and wealth between the citizens of France was the main cause of the Revolution. Prior to the revolution, the Kingdom of France practiced the Ancient Regime, a political and social system “based on the concentration of all political, social and economic power between three classes, the monarchy, the clergy, and the aristocracy” (Bastille). Citizens of France were separated into three distinct estates. The First Estate consisted the French Catholic Clergy…

The most significant political, economic, and social oppressions that has made the French revolution necessary are bad leadership because King Louis XVI made the government sink into debt, unequal taxes because the peasants were taxed with nobility, church, and government taxes, and lastly enlightenment ideas because the bourgeoisie wanted more freedom. In France around the 1700’s the three estates (Clergy, Nobles, Bourgeoisie/Peasants) faced 3 different kinds of oppression, political, economic,…

We study the French Revolution because each stage was incredibly impactful for France, countries all across Europe, and even Canada. The Revolution was very influential by demonstrating that a country’s citizens can often have more power than a government. The French people were miserable as they were constantly pushed below the clergy and nobility. In addition, France was also suffering from major economic problems. People could barely afford to eat or maintain an income and it wasn’t looking…

The French revolution by many, is regarded as the first modern revolution. This means that many that followed would attempt to implement some of the methods that the French used, or use modify them to make them work best for them. The people of France, like many countries in Europe at the time, were unhappy with the way that they were being ruled, but many were too worried about the consequences to do anything about it. The French lower and middle class were able to use the recalling of the…

In 1789, the French monarchy, the first and the second estate accumulate to 3% of the population. They enjoy their power and privileges given by the Old Regime. In France, the other 97% of the population belongs to the third estate and most of them are extremely ragged. Crop failures from bad weather has the cost of bread to double leaving many to starve. In addition, they are burdened by taxes which accumulates to 50% of their income. Enlightenment ideas spread across France where many people…