Louis XVI of France

long-term factors, there are intermediate factors that led to the revolution. The major factor was the poor economic status of France that was worsening long before the revolution. Her economy got worse when King Louis XIV engaged in battles such as aiding the Americans that contributed to the worsening economic situation as she lost her colonies to Britain. However, King Louis XIV attempted to intervene and through his government, he called for a meeting of the Estate Generals. The estate…

different idea of how to generate that change. In the late 1700s, France was this country; it was a country in tumult during the French Revolution. Although argued whether its outcome was a success or a failure, as a milestone in France’s history, the French Revolution undoubtedly changed the political landscape of the country. The French Revolution─also referred to as the “Revolution of 1789”─was an insurgent movement that began in France in the year 1787 and ultimately…

Mistakes and misjudgements by Louis XVI explain the downfall of absolute monarchy in 1792 to a certain extent. Source one by Ruth Scurry agrees to a certain extent as it describes Louis mistake of his flight to Varennes. On the other hand sources two and three disagree and blame other factors for downfall of the monarchy such as the economy, war and the republican movement. To a certain extent, the mistakes and misjudgements of Louis XVI explains the fall of the monarchy in 1792. Ruth Scurry…

King Louis XVI addressed the Assembly in February of 1790, and offered his full support for the Revolution. His simple speech moved the legislators deeply, as he approved new reforms, offered support in producing the new constitution, and officially accepted the Civil Constitution. However, would the king stand by his words? The creditability of the king was deeply undermined, and the abolition of the monarch, and establishment of a republic became ever increasing. Despite his lack of popular…

the idea of enlightenment was spread throughout the world. Such as in America, America went through their revolution in 1765 to 1783. They fought and won independence from Great Britain, like the Haitians did from France. The American revolution inspired revolutions in Haiti and in France. The Haitian revolution was led by Toussaint Louverture and the French Revolution was led by Maximilien Robespierre. Even Though the Haitian revolution was much more complex because it was several revolutions…

2nd Essay - Rough Draft In Rousseau, Burke, and Revolution in France, 1791 author Gary Kates states that “Furet [claimed] the Revolution embraced a radical ideology of popular sovereignty so that any abuse of power could be excused so long as it was achieved in the name of the people” (175). Personally, I agree with this statement because the people were willing to do anything to get what they desired. The French Revolution was built upon the fact that French citizens desired to control the…

late 1780’s, and there are many problems going on. The food prices are skyrocketing such as bread, and I am too poor to afford the food. At the moment, France is going through an economic crisis, and the crisis is going deeper than government finances. I heard that even financial reforms could not help the crisis. The taxes are going to King Louis XVI and Antoinette, and all they’re doing with the money is spending it on themselves, and also putting themselves way too far in debt. This is…

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…

(Third Estate) I remember a time when all the peasants were demanding food, water and other basic necessities. A new king, Louis XVI, promised us that he was going to provide bread and never would raise taxes. At first he seem like a good man someone who would make our community great and stick up for those in need. But that speech was just to make himself king. After Louis XVI became king, everything became crazy. People rebelled against the King. Many people died by the soldiers who were…

countries forever. The French Revolution was caused by many reasons. The first major contributing factor to the French Revolution was financial debt. After the Seven Years War in 1756-1763, France was left without money. As well as the country's participation in the American Revolution War in 1775-1783. Later, King Louis XVI, increased taxes on the Third Estate. About 98% of the people were part of the third estate, which was pretty much everyone. Another major factor was social antagonism…