National Assembly of France

Starting in 1789, there was a large clamor to change the economic and fiscal world in France. Many events characterized this revolution, such as the Tennis Court Oath, Storming of the Bastille, the Declaration of the Rights of Man, National Assembly, and the March on Versailles. It started due to argument over power of the king and the method of voting. Leaders looked to end feudalism and have a constitutional monarchy rather than an absolute monarchy. The first major concept of the…

Maximillien Robespierre was born in May 1758 in Arras in north-western France. He soon became a gifted student lawyer and received a scholarship to the best grammar school in Paris. Throughout, his political life he gained the reputation for helping the poorer people by being elected as a representative to the Third Estate in Versailles in 1788. As a result, he developed to become an influential and key role for the duration of the Reign of Terror. In May 1790, Robespierre became the President…

America assisted in spring boarding the movement of revolutionary ideas in France. France was in significant debt, and in order to fix the problem, King Louis XVI called into session the Estates General. This general assembly consisted of mostly upper class men and some lower class. After reaching an impasse, the upper class locked out the lower class, so the lower class organized the National Assembly. The National Assembly put together their own rules for government called The Declaration…

and communication. During this time, education defined a person’s social position or rank, where most education was primarily oral, unless there was a private teacher or tutor hired. The French started sending Moroccan students to Egypt, Britain, France, Italy and Spain where they had the opportunity to study military science, architecture, chemistry and law. Those students who traveled and studied in other countries found their skills unutilized in Morocco and those with the Islamic training,…

and would lead France to conquer major parts of Europe. “The Grievances of Carcassonne” is a list of complaints of the Third Estate in the district of Carcassonne. This document was asking for reform and showing the middle class’s demand for political and social change from their monarchy. The people were asking for the King to ban all public worship that was not Roman Catholic and allow Protestants to hold public office, but not have the positions that were…

The French Revolution proved to be a greatly tumultuous time for France. To assess 1791 as a turning point is the suggestion that the nature of the revolution had changed and this is true in several cases. The violence of the revolution transitioned from the relatively less vicious, and more symbolic events, like the storming of the Bastille in 1789 where no more than a dozen people were killed to the Danton instigated massacre of about 1,200 Royalists held in Parisian prisons, this move from a…

politics, civil rights, and economic boom through modernization and industrialization. France nationalists goals were seen through the election of Napoleon III to president and eventually emperor of France, ruling alongside a national assembly. Napoleon worked for the common people by implementing universal male suffrage, which got him elected. Napoleon also led the charge…

Louis XVI aka Louis Auguste of France was born on August 23rd, 1754. Louis Auguste was lucky enough to be born in the beautiful palace of Versailles, where he became the son of Marie-Joseph of Saxony and Louis. Louis grew up in his early years being a very bright and educated boy, however he was very shy due to the fact that he had tutors rather than going to school. With this tutor, he studied religion, moralities, and humanities.Louis XVI was known to be a very active person, he enjoyed…

The Democracy of France France has had a tumultuous political history. From the reigns of absolute monarchs, that led to French Revolution to the empire of Napoleon Bonaparte. Today, France is a democratic parliamentary republic called the Fifth Republic. France generally is a well-to do country, but it is currently having issues. Economic concerns, like lack of growth and unemployment, have shook the country. Other issues, like terrorism, have left citizens afraid and unprotected by their…

result of a repressive social society and that can lead to revolutions. The French Revolution is a prime example of a country’s struggle to form a democratic government. France had an incredibly repressive social system called the Ancien Regime. The Ancien Regime was made up of three different estates and the people of France were set into those estates…