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Intro: The French Revolution was a painful era that molded the lives of every citizen living in France and changed their ways of life forever. Beginning in 1789 and lasting ten years until 1799, the people of France lived in a monarch society under King Louis XVI’s rule. He was a very harsh ruler and had many restrictions placed on his people. They eventually overthrew him and became a monarch society. Among his deceptive ways, the people also experienced “The Reign of Terror”, which was a period where many lives were taken by the guillotine. Other revolutionary events included rebellions, constitutions, and groups. One of the popular groups that contributed greatly to the French Revolution were the Jacobins who were led by Maximilien Robespierre.
-They produced no crops due to them not growing and had extremely high prices on food. With the whole nation already furious with his doings, he decided to marry Marie Antoinette who was foreign. They decided to blame her for…
-He drastically changed the whole country and put its people through gruesome conditions
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-The immediate effects of the French Revolution Was the Declaration of the Rights of Man. This was one of the most constructive achievements of the French Revolution.
-The Rights of Man said that there would be equality of all persons before the law; equitable taxation; protection against loss of property through arbitrary action by the state; freedom of religion, speech, and the press; and protection against arbitrary arrest and punishment.
-Another effect was that France first transformed and then dismantled the Old Regime and replaced it with a series of different
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-Even tho Robespierre began with patriotic intent he still was the face of the Reign of Terror
-terror is basically a way to get whatever the government needs to survive. Now he is starting to show that anything is acceptable as long as it is
for the right of France. He believes that a government without terror has no virtue; with no virtue, he believes that a government cannot exist
successfully.
-He also began one of the bloodiest periods in French history, the Reign of Terror. During the Reign of Terror, more than 30,000 people were executed, mainly for opposing Robespierre's views. Late in 1794, Robespierre was put to death and a new leader was looked for; this turned out to be Napoleon. With many conquered lands under his belt by 1798, Napoleon had a huge following and planned a coup d'etat. On November 18, 1799, Napoleon became the First Consul of France, or in his mind the dictator. Napoleon then crowned himself Emperor in 1804 and conquered many countries including Austria, Prussia, and Russia in 1805,06, and 07 respectively. Such a strong ruler is bound to fall eventually, this happened in 1815 with his death
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+The Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen was published about two months after but It did not give women these rights, but it is a great success of the revolution because it raised the level of human rights in France and across the globe
- The French succeeded in destroying the absolute monarchy and the ancient regime, which fully changed world politics. It’s the equivalent of a third party overthrowing the two party system.