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What Metternich meant by this line was that France was the most important power in Europe. He was saying that whatever happened in France affected every other country in Europe. He does this via...
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The French Revolution had two main outcomes: 1. Spread of Enlightenment ideas around Europe. One of the biggest effects the French Revolution had was spreading the "revolutionary" ideas of the...
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I have seen at least two sources that have said that children were guillotined during the French Revolution. Thomas Carlyle wrote a history in the 1830s that was entitled The French Revolution: A...
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The Reign of Terror resulted from several factors. The first was the seizure of the National Convention by the so-called "Mountain," the radicals who were backed by Parisian sans-culottes, and...
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While the French Revolution did not lead immediately to a true democracy in France, it did help to bring about more democracy in that country and in the world in general. The French Revolution did...
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The cartoon in the link you have provided shows that the French Revolution was caused by anger among the Third Estate over their place in French society. The cartoon shows the Third Estate...
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The National Assembly of France (1789-1791) was very important because it ended the system of feudalism in France and introduced the country to representative government. The establishment of a...
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The clergy and the nobility (also called the First Estate and the Second Estate, respectively) were privileged both in terms of economics and political power. Economically, we should not think that...
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Prior to the Revolution, France had fallen into a terrible debt due to several poor harvests and their involvement in the American Revolution and the Seven Years' War. The government tried to...
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The French Revolution had many positive effects. It eliminated the old class system under the Bourbon monarchy, one which gave preferential treatment under custom and law to clergy and to the...
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The French Revolution impacted other countries in various ways. In Europe, the revolution led to a series of wars between various countries and the French. It also led to the rise of Napoleon and...
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The major turning points of the Revolution are the following: July 14, 1789 - The Storming of the Bastille, considered the beginning of the Revolution. August 27, 1789 - the issuance of the...
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Obviously, the French Revolution went in directions that many of its liberal (in the 18th century sense) advocates did not envision. So its achievements always have to be weighed against the human...
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To put it simply, the third estate revolted in response to an unfair economic and political system that disproportionately taxed the middle classes and peasants while benefiting the other estates....
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The Directory suffered from extreme unpopularity among many French people. It fell as a result of a bloodless coup d'etat in 1799 that installed Napoleon Bonaparte, the most popular man in France...
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One problem with the Directory was that the Constitution of 1795 that established it severely limited the voting franchise and some civil liberties, making it unpopular with many ordinary...
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The circumstances that led to the outbreak of the French Revolution were intricate and complex. In analyzing these conditions, it becomes clear how seismic the French Revolution actually was. One...
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I think that the argument could be made that the Revolutionary Government, of which the National Convention represented, was significantly weakened by the Reign of Terror. The immediate aftermath...
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The basic cause of the French Revolution was the fact that the common people of France were not given any sort of real voice in their own government. They were relatively oppressed and were very...
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Napoleon was unquestionably the product of the French Revolution, which opened the door for a man of talent and ambition like himself to rise to remarkable heights. In many ways, he continued it by...
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The decline of absolutism was an essential part of the French Revolution. The fall of the French monarchy was caused by a convergence of circumstances. Rising economic challenges, poor...
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On the positive side, one can easily argue that the removal of King Louis XVI was a step in the right direction, as he had bankrupted France, and his royal court lived with every luxury while...
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The Declaration of the Rights of Man, along with the Bill of Rights in the United States, has been hugely significant for the world as a whole. It has helped to create the idea that people...
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Maximillen Robespierre and Georges Danton were born within a year of each other, both came from middle-class backgrounds, both became lawyers passionately opposed to the French monarchy, and both...
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Before the French Revolution, society in France was divided into three estates, the clergy, the nobility, and the masses. The first two estates had a monopoly on political power and land ownership,...
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The French Revolution, which preceded the Haitian revolution, began because of two reasons: social and political oppression, whereas the Haitian revolution was ignited by only social oppression,...
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The only similarity I can see between these three revolutions is that each of them was to some extent about democracy or, at least, about reducing the power of a monarchy. The French and American...
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There is little doubt that the Bourbon monarchy was among the victims of the French Revolution. Louis XVI and his wife lost their heads, the king's son perished after a stay in prison, and the...
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If trying to compare the slogan "liberty, equality, and fraternity" to the goals of the revolution, it is best to look at each of those terms individually. Liberty--kind of saying the freedom from...
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Although Napoleon was in practice very much a despot, he was still a product of the Enlightenment. Growing up in Corsica, Napoleon was exposed to the enlightened ideals of the Corsican nationalist...
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I think that any revolution could be seen as avoidable. In historical hindsight, one can always play the hypothetical game of "What if." This means that historians are always able to play around...
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Though the French Revolution was largely the handiwork of the bourgeoisie, the working-class people of France also played their part. For the most part, their political role was outside the formal...
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No, there is no justification for the extreme actions that were taken by the revolutionaries during the Reign of Terror. It is perfectly understandable that revolutionaries would worry greatly...
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I think that this is going to be a challenging question because of the lack of consensus on the issue. The reason for this is because both answers are represented in the French Revolution. I...
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The French Revolution was caused by a number of factors, some of which served to exacerbate others. Some of these factors, like a dying class system, were common to most of the European...
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Specific Enlightenment ideals can be seen in the French Revolution's most basic call for change. The Enlightenment's conception of humanity was one in which there should be as little repression...
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I think that the contribution of print, or the printed word, had a huge impact on the French Revolution. The "rise of Enlightenment" ideals played a massive role in the initiation of thought that...
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In my mind, the most intense effect of the French Revolution was the ushering of despair and despondency behind grass roots movements and expressions of the political good. On the heels of the...
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The French Revolution occurred in several stages, beginning in 1789 with the overthrow of the Ancien Régime and culminating in 1799 with a military coup led by Napoleon Bonaparte. There were...
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Did it fail? Could there have been a Napoleon if the revolution had never happened? Would France have a constitution without the revolution?
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These four readings gathered by Perry McAdow Rogers reveal a corrupt French society from the king all the way down. Let's look at each reading in turn, focusing on its depiction of all that had...
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The French Revolution produced many reforms and changes for French citizens. Obviously, the main reform that happened was the removal of the monarchy and the nobility, who were oppressive to the...
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In the early phase of the French Revolution, members of the Third Estate, the commoners who made up most of France's population, which was divided into a series of "estates" denoting one's place in...
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The French Revolution was undoubtedly the most influential and enduring reaction to absolutism. The ideology of absolutism had been challenged for quite some time by those who believed fervently in...
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The short answer, of course, is that the French population felt oppressed by their government and had generally felt so since the Middle Ages, combined with inspiration provided by the successful...
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For the vast majority of French people under the ancien regime, life was incredibly hard. And when King Louis XVI married Marie Antoinette in 1770, life was especially challenging for those without...
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French involvement in the American War of Independence inadvertently helped to sow the seeds of revolution in France. The French had assisted the American colonists in the hope of weakening their...
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One similarity between both revolutions is in how the will of the majority of the body politic was expressed extremely loud and extremely clear. There was an undeniable will of the people heard in...
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The first phase of the French Revolution is often characterized as politically moderate. It was primarily aimed, many historians observe, at dismantling the anachronistic privileges enjoyed by the...
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Late eighteenth-century France was, in retrospect, a nation ripe for revolution. In some respects, it was still feudal. Its leader, King Louis XVI, was indecisive. The French Revolution, which...