Storming of the Bastille

Chapter 15: Why was northwestern Europe the center of economic growth in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries? Northwestern Europe experienced strong economic growth for the following reasons: Population growth, increased agriculture productivity, enhanced trade and manufacturing practices and colonial expansion to other countries/continents. France and Britain opened up profitable trading routes to the Americas and the Caribbean. The political shift was from expansionism to international…

It comprised 97% of the population. The people from the Third Estate were the industrial toilers, merchants, peasants, and the specialized workers. Thus, they were the ones who sustained the French economy. However, Sieyes compares them with a “strong and robust man with one arm still in chains” (101). Their rights had been denied by a system with officers that were more concerned about satisfying their own needs, thus leaving the rest of the population to its own luck. The privileged order,…

Paris is one of the world’s most famous locations! It is best known for its amazing monuments and amazing attractions. The city of Paris, France, goes way back to more than 2000 years back in time. Lots of people think Paris has some of the most interesting history to it in all its years. In 52 B.C. Julius Caesar took control of the city of Paris when it was just starting to grow into a huge civilization, and it was just a little fishing village for the new people there. Back then when it was…

The Enlightenment, an age of extraordinary philosophical thought, hit Europe by storm in the 18th century after the death of King Louis XIV of France. The ideals stemming from the age ranged from classic liberalism to free market economics from an even wider range of others, a notorious few being Robespierre, John Locke, Adam Smith, etc. Enlightenment ideals lead to many key events such as the American and French Revolution. The American Revolution began as a struggle between British colonist in…

The Parisian “Exposition Universelle” of 1889, held to commemorate the storming of the Bastille, mesmerized the world with its artistic and architectural elegance. America, on the other hand, exhibited a humiliatingly lifeless and motley arrangement. Intent on redemption, America, lead by architect Daniel H. Burnham, organized the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair, or the World’s Columbian Exposition, to honor the quadricentennial of Columbus’s “discovery” of America. To establish whether the fair led…

and nobles pay tax. The Third Estate made up 96% of the population, yet had none of the same privileges of the 4% made up of the First and Second Estates. The mistreatment of the majority of the country led to mass protest, including the storming of the Bastille. The Third Estate overpowered the others with mobs, which led to the Second estate giving up their unfair privileges. The Third Estate joined as the National Assembly and passed the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen.…

Historically, it began in 1789 after Estate-General rejected the demands of the Third Estate to have votes according to population and not per estate (Stordahl). In response, the National Assembly announce itself as the new government of France. The Storming of the Bastille, during the same year, creates the spark that will burn into a revolutionary fervor (Kagel). It is a chaotic battle with “flashing weapons, blazing torches, smoking waggon-loads of wet straw, hard work at neighbouring…

The American, French, and Haitian revolutions occurred within 20 years of each other during the late 18th and early 19th century. The American and French revolutions preceded the Haitian Revolution and greatly affected its results. Although the Haitian revolution shared a similar goal as the American Revolution, many of the resistance tactics and occurrences more closely resemble those of the French Revolution. It is likely true that the beginning of the Haitian revolution was heavily…

the law and the people accepted it, but in this situation they’re resisting his power and undermining his authority. Throughout the course of the French Revolution, starting at the event of the bread riots or known as the “flour wars” and the storming of Bastille, the monarch were unable to control riots and protests against the government/monarch. And because they were unable to control riots and protest, the people became stronger and…

The French Revolution was a time in Europe in which most governments were unfair and unjust to the middle and lower classes. The ideologies created by French residents was one factor that began the revolution. The Estates-General meeting, the Tennis Court Oath, and many other significant events during the revolution created legacies that continue to affect lives today (Blaufarb 1-2). The legacies of the French Revolution illustrate the impact that the ideologies and events of the revolution in…