Louis XIV of France

635-636). In the wake of the fall of the Bastille, many citizens started taking up arms and forming militias. One such militia, with the leadership of the Marquis de Lafayette, a respected American Revolution hero who brought ideas of revolution back to France, became the National Guard, which grew into the main military force on the side of the revolution (Cannistraro 635). In addition to commanding the National Guard, Lafayette also wrote the Declaration of the Rights of Man for the National…

citizens living in France was being created. However, the only way to control the citizens to adapt to the new way to act and behave in society was through violence. Any individual who started to speak or act bad against the current government, was considered a rebel and would need to be punished. The guillotine was put and used to kill innocent people and set an example that others would face the same punishment. Robespierre and the Committee of Public Safety would rule over France.…

around France in the 18th century, and saw the public execution of King Louis XVI and with him the French monarchy itself. The economic slump that preceded the revolution played a pivotal role in the uprising, but there were other factors that arose towards the end of the century that also contributed to the rebellion. Corrupt politics, coupled with individuals who began opposing the principle of the absolute monarchy and authoritarian regime; meant that by the end of the 18th century, France…

The leading conflict of the start of the Revolution is the end of the French and Indian war when the tensions were high. At the end of the war when Britain came to the top the war concluded. At the very end of the war Britain was in big debt. They had to find a way to get out of it. So the started to tax the colonists big time. Britain started to put tax on everything to gain money to get out of debt. The colonists were fighting back against the taxes. They put a tax on tea which lead to the…

The eighteenth century ¬¬¬¬saw radical changes taking place during this period, particularly in terms of the power that monarchs had over their territories and ideological beliefs possessed. What started out at the beginning of the century as complete sovereignty held by a monarch shifted to perceptions of a nation as a body of individuals. This was due to a series of events such as the Enlightenment and the French Revolution, which led to many social changes. Ideals such as morality and new…

“You may choose to look the other way, but you can never again say you did not know”-William Wilberforce. King Louis XVI ruled over depleted finances, he dealt with poor grain, harvests, drought, and cattle diseases and what he did to solve that problem raise high taxes that later would backfire and cause people to revolt. There are three estates the 1st estate was the one that no one could you had to be born of royal blood, the Aristocracy they had masses of wealth and land. The 2nd estate was…

The French Revolution was an epoch of sweeping social and political turmoil in France that lasted from 1789 until 1799 during spreading out of the French Empire. The Revolution toppled the Empire, set up a state, went through critical periods of turmoil and extreme crisis, and finally ended up in another form of dictatorship, sadly, under the ironically fake label of equality, liberty and fraternity. A movement ostensibly directed against despotism culminated in the establishment of a despotism…

was a time of vast change in France. Before the French Revolution, France was a monarchy under rule of King Louis XVI and was split into three Estates. As a result of the extravagant spendings of the king and queen, France was sent into debt. The King’s solution to the financial crisis, in addition to taxing the Third Estate, the king decided to tax the nobility to pay off France’s financial burdens. This new tax was questioned by the nobility, so they made King Louis hold the Estates General.…

The years of 1799-1815 were greatly marked in the history of France and Europe. In the midst of tremendous tragedy that followed by concluding of the French revolution, a powerful figure emerged out of the turmoil to take charge of France. Napoleon Bonaparte changed the face of Europe by bringing stability and unity in Europe. Napoleon’s ascent from a simple Corsican soldier to the most powerful man on earth “brought many ideas of liberty, equality and fraternity. Nationalism [the exalting one…

The French Revolution was an uprising in France that resulted in the establishment of France as a republic. It began in 1789 and lasted until 1799. The revolution had major social and political impacts on France. There were many causes of the French Revolution. Some of these causes include debt and taxes, changes in culture, and an ineffective leader. Due to France’s major debt, the king had to raise the taxes. The commoners of France were forced to pay the majority of these taxes, while the…