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    bread and go back to Paris. The royal family moved into the Tuileries Palace in Paris, where the king was practically a prisoner for the next three years. The march on Versailles contributed to the rise of democracy because it showed how the people of France had the strength to overpower and take control over the king and his family. The Rein of Terror: In the early 1790 's, France was at war with much of Europe. In order to try to deal with the troubles of war, the committee of public safety was created. Maximilien Robespierre, a lawyer and politician, became the leader of this committee. He believed that the only way to achieve a "republic of virtue" was through the use of terror. "Terror is necessary to achieve the goals of the revolution!!" "My poor neighbor was falsely accused of treason, and was executed the other day..." The guillotine was a fast falling blade used as a more humane way to execute…

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    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…

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    Tens of thousands of people were executed right in public. A symbol of the revolution was the guillotine. The guillotine was a beheading machine created by Robespierre. He was the mastermind of this tragic time.Thousands were executed for resisting the revolution and accused of treason. Going against this republic resulted in execution. After King Louis XVI was executed, France was without a leader. Napoleon Bonaparte was a captain in the French Army. He was increasing his military success and…

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    during the French Revolution, the birth of the western ideals of freedom and liberty for all. The French Revolution was a pivotal period in pre-modern history that caused many changes to the world’s culture, pushing towards modernity. The “freedom fighters” of the French Revolution were fighting to end the rule of their absolutist king, but what actually came from their rebellion was more than what any of them could ever imagine- a transformation political and societal ideas for the entire…

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    From 1789 to 1791, the French Revolution wasn 't generally all that progressive. For France itself, beyond any doubt, it mattered an incredible arrangement that feudalism was nullified and that a constitution was set up, and for the short space of time for such substantive changes to be experience and completed. In any case, in 1791, King Louis XVI chose he didn 't care for the progressions, didn 't care for more changes furthermore that he was going to jolt the nation. This choice wound up…

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    beginnings of the French Revolution were already unfolding. The French people, classified by their unfair divisions, began to seek a new form of government, a representative government. In order to achieve this goal, the people of France knew that they had to engage in a revolution. This revolution was one of enlightenment that would spark change in their society. Leading into the Revolution where many outlying cause from international perception and political conflict to social antagonisms and…

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    Two events that contributed to the establishment of sociology were the French Revolution and the Industrial Revolution. As explained by Giddens and Sutton (2010, p.11), Sociology was born from people attempting to make sense of these revolutions, how they came to occur and how they changed society. Before the French Revolution, France’s populace was divided between three classes, the first estate (clergy) and second estate (nobility) that made up a minute section of the population and had many…

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    The French Revolution was a political movement that spurred an incredible number of changes such as equality before the law, a stable economy, no unjust imprisonment and a government where the people have a say. After the revolution had succeeded, the new Directory held power in France. However, many French citizens felt like they were back at square one, with power abusing oligarchs, inequality, and an unstable economy. This changed, however, when Napoleon Bonaparte decided to take the reins…

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    The French Revolution had many impacts, both positive and negative. While still divided into three different social classes that were the first, second and third estate, France still followed the way of the ancien régime which many citizens disagreed with. The First Estate was mostly the clergy, the Second Estate were the nobles of the French society, and the Third Estate was the rest of the population. Most of the population, or the Third Estate, was separated into the bourgeoisie and peasants.…

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    Thousands of women marching to protest the high price and rarity of bread, the Reign of Terror in which tens of thousands were decreased, the Storming of the Bastille Prison- all were a part of one of the most significant revolutions in the west. The French Revolution of 1789 was based off of social classes. France was divided into three groups called estates. The First Estate was made up of clergymen, who owned 10% of land in France, and the Second Estate was nobility and royalty. They owned…

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