Storming of the Bastille

this assembly shall immediately take a solemn oath never to separate and reassemble wherever circumstances shall require, until the constitution of the kingdom shall be established” . Shortly After the Tennis Court Oath was established the Storming of Bastille helped reinforce the National Assembly to take control into the new French government. Since Rousseau’s general will reject the absolute royal veto, which could not override the National Assembly helped gave total control to the assembly…

During the French Revolution in 1700s, people of France were separated into three social classes or what’s better known as, the estates ("French Revolution.." 1-3) . The first of the three estates was the clergy. The clergy was divided by a higher class and a lower class. The first clergy was formed by the Catholic Church. There then was a second estate, who was made up of rich nobles. These nobles got a lot of privileges that the lower class didn’t. For example they had party’s in the castle in…

The Reign of Terror began in 1793, in France. A man named Robespierre had seized power after King Louis XVI was beheaded via the guillotine. King Louis was an absolutist ruler, who was to blame for the Reign of Terror. Also another big factor was internal rebellion along with outside invasion. All of this had taken it’s toll, and started the tragic event that was the Reign of Terror. The Reign of Terror was necessary because King Louis created the situation. The 3rd Estate in France didn’t…

Social reform during the French Revolution developed due to the unfair political system, brutality perpetrated by the first estate, and the living conditions the lower class lived through, nevertheless the violence and genocide committed in order to create reform was immoral. Prior to the French Revolution, people of influence abused the political system in order to allow them to live in luxury. The government consisted of the first, second and third estate. The First Estate is composed of…

“Revolutions have been momentous events in modern world history erupting on every inhabited continent except Australia” (Lockard). There were many similarities and differences between the American and French Revolution. The purpose of both of these revolutions was to overthrow their king. The American and French revolution began because of the high taxes enforced upon middle and lower class people. Both also wanted to make their own Republic that spread new values of liberty and social…

INTRO: In the late 1780’s France had undergone quite a bit of change. Me, a middle aged man and middle class citizen, was caught in the raths of all of these power struggles. Being a radical, I was all for a change but, nothing seemed to be a permanent fix. People from all over came to take control but it seems as though we were too far gone to be helped. Many revisions to the government took place and many lives were lost. All of the estates were put to the test and now, bowing at the feet of…

The French Revolution was not necessary. The French Revolution was a time of death, civil war, lies, and false accusations. There were no great accomplishments and no incredible ideas came out of this time – just useless death and uncalled for punishment. The French did not gain anything from the Revolution and if it never happened, many lives would’ve been spared. The French Revolution began as a simple way for the people to get back at the royalty who had been neglecting them and were…

defend their ancient freedom and shed as little blood as possible. The Second comparison between the French Revolution and the play is the Bastille being destroyed and how the people tore down the prisons that Gessler built. In both the Bastille and the prisons in the play, people are unjustly incarcerated. In the French Revolution the storming of the Bastille marked the end of a society of unequal rights and in Wilhelm Tell, it also marks the beginning of a revolution and a time of more…

Book the Second describes her as a “strong woman . . . a frightfully grand woman” (Dickens 179), which is not as intense as the first introduction to Madame Defarge . The audience finally sees her lash out as she helps to rally others in the Storming of the Bastille, this is the where the reader can discern the entire shift of her character because she no longer holds compassion for those who have oppressed the lower-class (Dickens 207).…

Introduction Before 1789 France was still in the Old Regime, which means the people in France were divided into three large social classes called estates. The First Estate held the clergy, the Second Estate was rich nobles, and finally the Third estate was everybody else, they remain 97% of the population. In the late 1780’s French people were faced starvation because of the bad harvest. Also, France was in huge debt due to King Louis XIV and his queen, Marie Antoinette, who continued to live on…