Louis XIV of France

lowest class in a country had overthrown the highest class. In France, the Third Estate had decided that they had had enough of unfair taxes and inequality, and so they wrote the Declaration of the Rights of Man and forced the king at the time, Louis XVI, to share power with the National Assembly. As the Revolution gained more power, its leaders became more paranoid. In 1793, Maximilien Robespierre, who had assumed most of the power in France, declared that a reign of terror would begin. During…

a second Glorious Revolution by the Americans. There was extreme unnecessary violence that occurred during 1793 and 1794 that affected roughly 20,000 to 40,000 people that were killed by the guillotine during The Reign of Terror, including King Louis XVI, Marie Antoinette(King 's Wife), and even Robespierre. The government used extreme ways to achieve its ends, in which many ways were wrong and cruel. In fact, The Reign of Terror was not justified because: The methods of the disaster were too…

France has had many great leaders in its extensive history, but Napoleon Bonaparte was arguably one of the best rulers France has ever had. Napoleon Bonaparte, also known as Napoleon I, was a great military genius and political revolutionary of France. He made many changes for France and made it able to function after the Revolution. But he also got a lot of his success from the French Revolution. It made it very easy for him to rise up the ranks of the military, gain supporters, and take over…

figures in the history of France . Marie Antoinette was an innocent victim, despite public belief and conditions in France during her rule. Her marriage to Louis XVI was less than blissful, they were polar opposites and frustrated each other greatly. She was wrongly accused in the affair of the diamond necklace, when she was in fact blameless in the scandal. Marie Antoinette lived as a kind and caring mother, displaying unreciprocated kindness to others. Her new life in France began with a…

The Tennis Court Oath Oil painting by Jacques Louis David One of the most pivotal important moments in French History happened to also be a major turning point for the French society now seen today. That moment would be the Tennis Court Oath. The painting shows what appears to be the meeting of which was held June 20, 1789 as the Third Estate of France swore to each other never to disband until the Monarchy adopted a constitution limiting the King’s power for their New Assembly. The Tennis…

is also seen in history during Maximilien Robespierre’s Reign of Terror in 1793, when he was elected to lead the National Convention. After the execution of King Louis XVI, Robespierre and many radicals guillotined anyone they deemed “counter-revolutionary”. In just ten months, forty thousand people were executed. The removal of King Louis XVI’s…

different political parties, “groups that help elect people and shape policies”, with different ideas. Furthermore, it almost caused America to break its neutrality treaty because of Genet’s, a French Diplomat, speeches which encouraged supporters to help France and force Washington to…

started out as a peaceful, for the most part, revolt to have the citizens’ demands met. Then it “escalated at a pace never before seen in history” (602). The Reign of Terror and the Law of 22 Prairial left too many people dead for the world to ignore. France will never be the same because of their actions from 1789-1799. The French Revolution was a watershed moment in European history that changed French society, politics, and international relations for the worst. There were many changes to…

He believed that government is a construct of humans to protect natural rights, therefor when it is not doing its main job as outlined by John Locke then it has overstayed its welcome and needs to be refreshed with a more competent form. In France in 1789 there was a food crisis of massive proportions. A bad year of farming coupled with a boom in population created a food shortage, causing the price of food to rise to a point that families were starving because most of their income was going…

he decided to become a writer. His controversial works led him to flee to England at a time where new intellectual ideas were being produced at a rapid rate. Upon his return to France he began writing satires against the current establishment which he found to be ridiculous. His dissent against the ruling forces in France at the time helped set up much of the background for one of his most famous works, Candide. His ability to relate his disdain of the institution to prior major events such as…