... ideas of an Absolute Monarchy. Revolutionaries supported the writings of people like John Locke and Voltaire who wrote about everyone having God given rights. Another reason people pushed for the French Revolution was because there was a great financial crisis. France spent a lot of money on the American Revolution, and was ultimately left in huge amounts of debt. Third, there was a ... of the Revolution, but gave no right to the people being executed. The terror speech instilled fear in people and was one of the reasons Robespierre was overthrown. After the French Revolution, philosop...

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... the first and second estate. This allowed for the first and second estate to control France even though they represented a small percent of the French population. The main concern of the Third Estate was the high amount of poverty that was plaguing the country of France. Bad harvests in ... due to two decades of drought, cattle disease, and poor cereal harvest. The situation worsened due to the expenses brought on by the ignorant French aristocracy and monarchy. King Louis XVI spent 1,500,000,000 Livre in helping the American colonists in the American Revolution. He gained this money .....

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... of land. The fact that the third estate had no privilege but they had to pay all the taxes caused them to revolt against the French monarch as this was injustice to them. The second cause of the revolution can be considered to be the American Revolution. The American Revolution ... took place in the 1776. This was considered as one of the causes of the French Revolution due to the fact that the French population had to incur an enormous debt by helping the Americans who had been facing a huge loss in their business ... they are not to be blame. Such was the conditions before the revolut...

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... or working class in France. The suppressed farmers were overwhelmed with higher and higher taxes and were ready for a revolution without having to be propagandized into it.1 The French Revolution occurred out of a basic need to overthrow tyranny. The American Revolutionists found it relatively easier to fight against the English government because they did not feel an extreme ... government, which were adopted into the new state governments. This pre-existence of government prevented the newly forming republic from being left open to a revolutionary dictatorship in America.2 The French R...

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... estates met together, there were divisions among them. Some wanted to protect their rights, while others wanted to establish a limited, constitutional monarchy. This sparked some change in the French people. Immediately after the National Assembly secretly began working on a constitution, the peasants and workers expected relief from taxes and other dues that they paid. Little happened, and they ... After this action by the king, moderate revolutionaries still wanted to preserve the constitutional monarchy, while the radicals distrusted the king and wanted a republic. These were the caus...

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... the Bastille in Paris, and a short time later imprisoned the king and royal family in the palace of the Tuileries. Louis then accepted the new French Constitution but continued secretly to work against the revolution. In 1792 the National Convention declared France a republic and had the king tried as a traitor ... It consisted of all the people, which did not fit into the other categories. This included the bourgeoisie, peasants and urban laborers. The French nobility and clergy were very privileged in comparison to the third estate at the time of the revolution. They were exempt from an...

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... political authorityxii. The powerful forces of nationalism dominated the continent of Europe during the nineteenth century. The concept of nationalism intertwined with the political and social ideals of advancement. The French people were very devoted and proud to be a part of their country. The republican army was the first truly national army of Europe because they were fighting for their love ... countries with which they fought, this was accelerated during the Napoleonic warsxiii. Every country which Napoleon and his men conquered eventually caught the fever of nationalism, and lear...

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... became less popular and support for Lenin greatly increased as he promised Peace, Bread and Land'. The involvement of war in both the French and Russian Revolutions were contributing threats to the consolidation of the revolution. In France, the working class and peasants posed as a threat ... towards the consolidation of the revolution. The poorer members of the Third Estate of French society believed that they did not gain any advantages from the revolution compared to the wealthier members of the Third Estate. This directed into ... ."" (Hibbert, 1982, p 101). The Monarch, as well as...

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... or working class in France. The suppressed farmers were overwhelmed with higher and higher taxes and were ready for a revolution without having to be propagandized into it.1 The French Revolution occurred out of a basic need to overthrow tyranny. The American Revolutionists found it relatively easier to fight against the English government because they did not feel an extreme ... government, which were adopted into the new state governments. This pre-existence of government prevented the newly forming republic from being left open to a revolutionary dictatorship in America.2 The French R...

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... brown, which were purchased by weight. Many Parisians were destitute in the pre-Revolution.2 However, now it is believed that the revolutionary process started with a crisis in the French State. By 1789, the French people had become critical of the monarchy, even though it had been successful in defending France in domestic violence. They resented the rising and unequal taxes, the persecution ... and treatises, which were illegally printed and handed out, they openly ridiculed the Old Regime's inefficiencies and its abuses of power.3 A fiscal crisis in the late 1780s" further pushed disc...

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... and more reasonable order. Although the Enlightenment consisted of many other philosophers and social commentators, from countries such as England and America, these four made the biggest impact on the French people, and played the largest role in driving them to a revolution. Voltaire, a philosopher, social critic, and probably the most influential of the philosophes, championed reason, justice and human dignity. ... of the other main philosophes. He articulated and further developed the theory of separation of powers, which became the basis for the United States Constitution, as well ...

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... , social, religious, and economic in nature. Its goal was to establish a more egalitarian society and a more responsible government. In the end, many of the existing institutions were swept away. The French Revolution had a multiple of causes, some more apparent than others. Its origins were many. Louis XVI failed to understand the problems facing France and its people. The cost of aiding ... made up of the nobility who, like the First Estate, were mostly free from taxation. They owned most of the land, enjoyed great privileges and held important posts in the French government and army. ...

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... as much as they possibly could. During this revolution of industry, much international strife was developing. The American Revolution occurred during the beginning of the Industrial Revolution. The French Revolution was in process at the turn of the nineteenth century. This was a brilliant time that resulted in newly discovered democratic rights that spread throughout Europe and North America ... . During the late eighteenth century, France followed in America's footsteps. The French Revolution was principally based on the Third Estate's desire to obtain liberty and equality, which were ...

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... new order. Soboul in true Marxist tradition saw the "incompatible interests of the two social categories- as being a fundamental cause of the French Revolution. He states that certain factions of the bourgeoisie were integrated into the economic and social structures of the Ancien Regime while others ... Revolution, in order to finally profit from it- . Revisionist Colin Lucas, in his book Nobles, Bourgeoisies, and the Origins of the French Revolution also recognises some of the faction struggles' or as he calls them Stress Zones' . One can see that there are often similarities ... great...

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... . A revolution is change that comes about within ones' society. The measures of two important revolutions held major contributions to their nation; these two revolutions are the French Revolution and the Philippines Revolution. The French Revolution took place from 1789 to 1799. During this time period Louis XVI held the throne, it has been recorded that his mistakes outweighed his achievements and ... structure of society from viewing the success of the American Revolution. These social, economical and political causes were the historical circumstances that lead to this revolution. The ...

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... summary they all wanted "liberty, equality, fraternity ". After Brumaire (9-10 Nov. 1799) --the coup d'état which first set Napoleon on the path to becoming the supreme executive of a French empire "Napoleon declared, "The Revolution is made fast on the principles on which it began; the Revolution is finished. " Like Napoleon, this quote is complex, but also very significant ... , Napoleon was a welcomed choice. He was right in saying "the revolution is finished " as his role was to consolidate and institutionalize everything. Napoleon implemented the ideologies of the French Revolution ...

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... out for owing back rent and must find another hole to live in." A writer, Louis-Sebastien Mercier, Tableau de Paris 1783 2. Absolute Monarchy • The King had absolute control over French political, social and economic structures • He made and enforced laws, conducted foreign policy, dispensed justice, levied taxes and spent public funds • Censored speech and the press: to control ... poems, pamphlets, and newspapers to spread their Enlightened message. Although many books written by the philosophes were banned, an underground organisation circulated these banned books to a large maj...

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... financial situation of the country and the problems people faced with little or no money. Political deals with a structure or affairs of the French government. The Social division represents society and its modes of organization. Intellectual displays the ideas and information that people know. With there being ... the middle ages France has been divided into Three Estates. Each estate was made up with different privileges and rankings. "Before the Revolution, French society was grounded in the idea of privilege or an inequality of rights" (386). The First Estate was made up of clergy t...

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... from beyond their continent, in England. The Americans were colonies of England, who wished for independence from "Mother England". With this independence came freedom, liberty, rights, and happiness. The French Revolution was an internal struggle between France's people and its rulers. Although this revolution was certainly influenced by the American's, it was really more of uprising; changing the power of ... , liberty, and happiness. To understand the reason for these revolutions you must understand the society in which all peasants fighting lived, and why the fights were unquestionabl...

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... the law. Public office and employment were open to all and taxation was based on the ability to pay. The major benefit of the French Revolution was that it inspired people in other parts of Europe to modernise their own countries. What was "The Terror"? The Revolution, begun ... be the new ruler. This leads to the story of Napolean Boneparte. Napoleaon Bonaparte made a profound impact that helped shape the world during the French and Napoleonic Revolutions from 1789-1825. Napoleon could possibly be one of the greatest military commanders in history. He was promoted through the ranks .....

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... the government, they could be arrested and put in prison without a trial. King Louis XIV (1774-1793) was king at the time of the French Revolution. He was more interested in hunting than governing France. He and his Austrian queen, Marie Antoinette, lived an extravagant life at the Palace of Versailles ... the king. As a result, they had no power. "The government was inefficient, unjust and corrupt."" (Sikes, Robert). During the 18th century, the French government spent more money than it collected in taxes. By 1788, the country was bankrupt. Most of the money was spent on wars. France ...

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... from the National Assembly's point of view and will endeavor to understand their definition of a citizen. "In passing the Declaration, the assembly encouraged the French people to think of themselves in a new way: as active individuals, endowed with rights they were entitled to protect through political participation" (Popkin, 42 ... color. Rights were granted to the small number of black people living in France and to the mulatto inhabitants of the French's Caribbean colonies; but nothing was decided on slavery. It was argued from the plantation owners that the abolition would devastat...

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... , and set to make some changes. One major change was the abolishment of the Old Regime, an unfair social structure that over 97% of the French population was unhappy with. They also passed a constitution that recognized the rights of the people who as a majority until then had had practically none. ... had to be taken. King Louis was working to use help from foreign nations to restore the monarchy and endangered the safety of the French public. The idea of protecting the revolution became excessive, and during the Reign of Terror the idea to preserve the change that was ... of the peop...

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... topic. She feels like wealth makes people become less humane in a way. We have seen this effect take place in other countries before. This was the problem that caused the French Revolution in the late 1700s. Its like she is warning us that if we, as a country, continue on this path, then there will be a revolution between the wealthy and the ... poor in America similar to the French Revolution. Myers also claims that most tax breaks that are designed to help those at the bottom and middle class are skewed towards benefiting those at the top. She writes ... ...

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Preliminary Modern History Assessment Task No. 1 Terror in the French revolution Question 1 sources A & B i) List the two months in which most executions occurred. - December of 1793 - January of 1794 ii) List 4 crises in France that were blamed on plots and helped ... ...

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