The French Revolution unfolded in the late 1780s and what started as a disagreement over proposed tax reforms would quickly evolve into a movement for political reform. The revolution was fueled by greedy royals, extravagant aristocrats, food shortages, rising taxes and prices, impoverished peasants, corruption and violence. The nobility wanted sovereignty and a share of royal power; the wealthy middle-class wanted political representation; the urban working classes wanted more food at lower prices; the peasants wanted relief from feudal bonds and restrictions. The king, Louis XVI, sat center of this quandary of competing interests unsure of what to do and what he wanted. “The people under the Old Regime” political cartoon (1815) gives a graphic representation of the Third Estate under the old regime during a time of uncertainty, change and chaos of the revolution.
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The French Revolution is undoubtedly one of modern history’s most defining moments. The course of events in the spring and summer of 1789 proved to be merely the beginning of a long and brutal revolt against hierarchy, institutions and, ultimately, the Ancién Regime. Whilst, as Sieyès reports, the revolution aimed at ‘ideal models of the beautiful and good’ it inadvertently resulted in mass shootings and drownings at the height of the terror. In 1789 few people envisaged what they were expected to support in 1792 - a republic and the trial of the king, let alone 1793 -the Reign of Terror. Whilst the revolution as a whole was dynamic and ever changing, the events of 1789 appear distinctly one dimensional in being brutal and seemingly mindlessly so.
France was heavily indebted for financially supporting the American Revolution, as it would weaken France’s European rival, Great Britain, because of the wars waged by Louis XIV and spending of royal family. 3. Increasingly huge deficit, the French government was nearly bankrupt. 4. Heavy tax burden on the French peasants (= 90 % of the population).
With King Louis XVI leading France as an absolute monarch, people were struggling to cope with rising taxes on one if their daily supplements, grain. This was because of the huge dept France was in from their wars they had been fighting. And with enlightenment thinkers people were thinking differently and wanted change. The 3rd estate had been tormented for a long time, paying all the taxes, and having no power caused a huge struggle among all of them. But when the Revolution started to take place, there was a sudden, dramatic change.
In turn this would destroy Britain commercially and their industrial economy allowing Napoleon to take over Britain however did not work and left Napoleon worse off then he was before. His next mistake was the Peninsular war and as a result weakened his empire even more by the Spanish guerrillas, Germans, and Italians turning against him. Lastly his third mistake lost him most of his soldiers and the tactic used to defeat him was the scorched-earth policy, by the Russians. These mistakes greatly weakened Napoleons Empire. The empire was then declared war on by Britain, Russia, Prussia, Sweden, and Austria.
The 1894 Dreyfus Affair was a scandal that split French society and ignited debate around the world, with the issues it raised looking back to the French Revolution and forward to the Holocaust. The Affair had an immense impact on French society and Government, both at the time and in a modern context. It exposed the entrenched prejudice against French Jewish citizens and served as a catalyst for the birth of Zionism. It was also the first time that the press had been used as an amplifying agent, furthering debate and gathering evidence, much like that of contemporary media. The aftermath of the Dreyfus Affair still carries into modern society; the emergence of leftist intellectuals in French politics set the political agenda for the next century
‘The French revolution broke out in 1789 because of the monarchy’s debts” To what extent do you agree? The French Revolution of 1789 had many long-term causes. Political, social, and economic conditions in France contributed to the discontent felt by many French people-especially those of the third estate. The ideas of the intellectuals of the Enlightenment brought new views to government and society. They thought of not an absolute monarch but a kind of democracy where everyone stated their views and everyone would listen.
Conclusion The main conclusion to be drawn for this paper is that the French Revolution was characterized mainly by war, famine and depression, which were caused by the failure of King Louis XVI at managing the finance of the notion properly. These factors finally led to unseat the French leader. To make matters worse, the inhabitants claimed the country for themselves in the name of liberty. In other words, the Revolution involved not only the reorganization of a country in relation to its government and society, but also a profound change in the course of history.
He had complete power and with that power he forced Catholicism and raised taxes on the bourgeoisie to give money to the nobility and the clergy. The French people revolted after he passed the “July Ordinance” which made free press illegal and got rid of his legislators. After Charles X fled, the people elected Luis-Philippe as king. At first the people liked him, but eventually the economy worsened and he had to raise taxes. The people didn’t like that, so they revolted once again in 1848.