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Throughout history, there have been many revolutions started by citizens, which have resulted in changes politically, economically, and socially. The French Revolution in 1789 produced major changes within the society and government of France. The Russian Revolution started in 1917, with the uprising anger of the citizens and resulted in Russia becoming more industrialized and modern, while to converting to a communist state. Over the next three year period, there were multiple rulers in control…

The French Revolution was caused by several factors and had a huge effect on the rest of the world. When Louis XVI took control of France, the country was already in debt from financing the American Revolution. After several bad decisions made by Louis XVI, the idea of rebellion formed. The Third Estate was sick of the present government and demanded a new one. So, they formed an alliance with each other called the National Assembly. When led by Maximilien’s power, ideas of the Enlightenment…

The majority of France’s 25 million person population rose up and ended unfair ruling in France during the late 18th century. This was the French Revolution. “Ideas more than political or economic concerns, drove the French Revolution up to the summer of 1794.” is incorrect. This historical uprising was sparked by all of these principles at one point or another. The feudal system in France divided the country into three classes, or estates. The first estate was the clergy, who had massive…

In 1789, 97% of the French Society consisted of Third Estate. The Third Estate was made of the commoners and peasants of France. They didn’t have many rights or much money and their problems were ignored (Pipe, Jim 10). The main cause of the French Revolution was the structural inequality and unfair rights. This lead the Third Estate to believe that the Second and First Estates were enjoying life at the expense of their own lives and well being (The French Revolution 1- 2). When the Third Estate…

There have been countless political transformations throughout the course of history. Some were achieved through violence, resulting in the deaths of many combatants while others were bloodless, achieved through diplomatic means. More often than not, political transformations that occurred up into the 18th century were bloody and violent. Perhaps the bloodiest political transformation of the 1700s was the French Revolution in which the monarchy in France was overthrown. However, history has seen…

During the late 1700’s, the citizens of the Third Estate in France suffered from a severe economic crisis caused by deficit spending, failed harvests which led to famine, and tax inequality across the three estates. In June of 1789, the poor, hungry citizens of France rose up in revolution against the monarchy and overthrew the king’s rule in pursuit of a constitutional government. While the eventual arrival of the Age of Napoleon brought relative peace in France, his rule strayed from the…

The revolution exploded in France in the summer of 1789 after years of social agitation, simmering ideologies that questioned the authority of the social order and a weak monarch the throne. Thinkers of the Enlightenment such as Rousseau, urged that governments should promote the greatest good for all people, not just for the elite. Rousseau in The Social Contract (1769) argued against the divine rights of sovereigns and that only the people have the right to legislate., while in Diderot’s…

The French and The American revolution had many things in common… For example, they were both not content with their government. The difference was that they had a different reason to rebel. The French Revolution, began after the Ancien Regime. The Ancien Regime was a time where France was divided into three estates; The first stage, which included the church. The second stage, the nobles, and finally, the third stage, included the commoners. These estates were unfair because even though the…

Introduction. The French Revolution was a period of ideological, political and social overturn in the political history of France and Europe as a whole, during which the French polity, previously an absolute monarchy with feudal privileges for the aristocracy and Catholic clergy, suffered radical change to forms based on Enlightenment principles of republicanism, citizenship, and rights. These changes were accompanied by violent confusion, including executions and repression during the Reign of…

A democracy is a form of government that directs its priorities to the wellbeing of the people. It’s usually the more preferable form of government that people desire. Many countries were not originally democracies and others still aren’t. Many of them began as monarchies and the discriminating actions of certain monarchies would eventually cause people to protest. People will often revolt as a result of a repressive social society and that can lead to revolutions. The French Revolution is a…