Louis XII of France

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…

even the basic origins of their claim. One source claimed that the Hope Diamond became cursed after the death of King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette were beheaded. However, another source which agrees that there could be a curse refutes their own claim by saying that Tavernier suffered from the curse (killed by wild dogs). Tavernier had possession of the diamond well before King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette, so saying that he suffered from the curse when, supposedly, it had not existed until…

In history, there have been many people trying to change the world. There are others who revolt to change an event that happened in their own life. In my opinion, a revolution is just doing something to make a change. For example, there is the French Revolution or the guy that left his house because his parents were too strict. These two things relate. How? Well, in both situations, someone started a revolution by going against someone else. However, it doesn’t only have to be someone; it…

The Same Seeds: Preconditions of Revolution in England and France In his afterword to A Tale of Two Cities, A. N. Wilson contends that Charles Dickens gives “no quarter” to Edmund Burke’s view of the French Revolution. While Dickens rejects the Burkean assertion that the French Revolution was a mere “outbreak of barbarism,” he shares Burke’s fear of the latent, omnipresent bloodlust that feeds revolutions. Like Burke, Dickens exhorts Englishmen not to be naive in their beliefs that a revolution…

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, and…

time people fear the government in France. The Government was being close or similar to a tyrant. The Reign of Team was not justified because the Terror was happening when France was defeating Europe, the government basically took away the right of the people, and the Reign of Terror was ran by fear and paranoia. First of all, the Reign of Terror was not justified because it was happening while the France was beating Europe. The Great Terror began soon after France beaten Monarchy around…

Buonaparte his father and Letizia his mother. Napoleon's father at first supported the nationalist and sided with their leader, Pasquale Paoli. The leader Paoli was forced to flee the island, so Carlo decided to switch to the French. After switching to France a job was given to Carlo. This then opened up opportunities for Napoleon. Due to his father's job he was able to go to France’s college. Later Napoleon then ended up in military college. Napoleon studies there for five years. Eventually…

The French Revolution had affected the whole of Europe in many ways. They had probably made other peasants in the other countries feel like they could also overthrow their government if they had a multitude of others to help them in their works. The revolution made others feel empowered, and think that if they joined forces they could wipe out monarchy as a whole. The revolution could’ve made the governments also fear for their own safety and protection. The governments probably started to…

express the religious principle of ruling as the divinely appointed hero, Louis XIV fostered a French renaissance by becoming the most important patron of the arts. One of his most important commitments as a patron of the arts and letters was his organization of the royal academies in Paris that promoted progress in the arts, humanities, and sciences. Louis intensified the social value of intellectual and artistic talent in France (Brennan 21). Among the academies opened were the Académie de…