THE FRENCH REVOLUTION The French Revolution was a time when the poor fought for liberty and equality. It involved the whole population of France and impacted all. It affected the people involved due to the abolishment of slavery and absolutism. This gave the peasants of France equal rights and freedom. Before the revolution, the peasants had little to no power within the government and were oppressed by the rich; this event helped put an end to this and significantly changed their lives.
That document amalgamated a variety of Enlightment ideas drew from the works of political philosophy. The French Revolution was influenced by Brotherhood because the irate citizens of Paris stormed the Bastille together, it was an expression of the power of the people to take politics into their own hands. Fiscal irresponsibility influenced the Revolution because after debts where brought to an higher level then before then taxes were raised on the people to end the financial trap which was not easy and required the support of the aristocracy. Democracy influenced the French Revolution the new construction of politics, in which all individuals were equal, ran counter to prevailing ideas about collective identities defined in guilds and orders. People on all levels of society learned politics.
They were just fighting because they wanted to reform their government. But for America it was much more than fighting to reform their government. It was about fighting to part ways with Britain. It was about fighting for independence. France wasn’t part of the colonies like America was, America was sick of being treated badly, and unfairly so they decided to fight.
When the French left American territory, the colonist felt more secure, more independent, but most important they felt that now they could do anything they put their mind and hearts to. On the other hand, the British did not even wanted to recognize them for fighting in the war; this created a gargantuan social conflict between the Americans and the British. By this time Americans were getting very irritated, and when parliament passed out the Quartering Act, obligating citizens to shelter the arrogant British soldiers under their roof, the colonist exploded. Once again, the philosophy of Voltaire emerges, with the ideal of never stop fighting for tolerance, reason, and freedoms of belief, speech and natural rights. When the American colonies started to demand their natural rights, Britain slapped them in the face by ignoring them.
Both regions had several things in common, such as unjust rulers and desire of equality and freedom for peasants and nobles, although they had major differences on how they went about winning their revolution and what they were fighting for. The British colonies in America and the French suffered from unjust rule from the monarchy and aristocrats, who had more power and wealth. The Kings, Parliament, and Nobles were superior, had all the authority, made all the rules, passed all the laws, yet the citizens of France the Britain’s colonies were the ones who had to pay the price. The government did not bother to listen to the voices and demands of the common people, being unfairly taxed so the elite can have their own personal gains, creating the path for a strong sense of patriotism and pride in one’s nation, forging people to stand up for the rights they deserve, commencing the beginning of the Revolutions. Equality and freedom were the motivations of the war.
The poor people hadn’t even had an ability to pay for bread; needless to say they couldn’t pay taxes. People started to resent. In spite of the fact that the main cause of the French Revolution was the social inequality, there were also other reasons that caused France to revolt. One of them was the influence
As the government had strict censorship on books and journals when information did get through it would usually be made even more powerful as the government had attempted to ban it. Also due to the fact that free speech was denied political parties were driven underground and led the political activists to extremism. Also with the use of the Okerana as a secret police force many people were unsettled by the government using them against their own people. With the programme of industrialisation creating factories and jobs in cities many peasants moved there in a hope of a better life. However what they found was poor pay, poor housing and with trade unions being banned they had no one to help them.
As the revolution proceeded and as power devolved from the monarchy to legislative bodies, the conflicting interests of these initially allied groups would become the source of conflict and bloodshed. Certainly, all of the following must be counted among the causes of the revolution: Resentment of royal absolutism. Resentment of the seigneurial system by peasants, wage-earners, and a rising bourgeoisie. The rise of enlightenment ideals. An unmanageable national debt, both caused by and exacerbating the burden of a grossly inequitable system of taxation.
Looking throughout the Tsars reign it is apparent that his many failings encouraged the people to up rise and change the current form of government. His inability to handle the social and economic conditions or his input towards them, brought the blame of many problems some even of external problems. It was predominantly the Tsars poor character and action that lead to his removal as he did not acquire many of the characteristics and knowledge to rule a country and his decisions were poorly made in respect to the public. Revolutionary ideas provided the people with an answer to the their problems; the Tsar. If the Tsar had the capacity to rule, understand and the desire to lead his dynasty would not of ended at all or in such devastating
"(Dictionnaire Philosophique) The French government did their best to keep Voltaire's writings out of the hands of the common people, however his views and philosophies became widely known in France. Most of the people in France realized that a change was needed but, those in power had no plans of giving away their power or improving the lives of the people. Thus, many called for a revolution. Voltaire’s influence on the new French government is seen in the balance of power between the National Assembly, Legislative Assembly, and other bodies of politicians. It can also be seen in the separation of powers into the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of government in the United