3. Somebody is making a documentary film on the French Revolution. What would you
odvise the person to read and why?
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Step-by-step explanation:
The French Revolution — the 10-year period from 1789 to 1799 during which France went from a monarchy ruled by King Louis XVI to a republic ruled by the people . . . and then to a dictatorship run by Napoleon — was one of the bloodiest times in European history.
Totally fed up with the monarchy, the French people took to open rebellion, and many insurgents seized control of the prison, killing the prison's governor and freeing several prisoners. The "Storming of the Bastille" became a symbol of the people rebelling against everything the monarchy represented, and "Bastille Day" is still celebrated in France today, much like Independence Day is celebrated in the United States as the symbolic end of British rule over the American colonies.
However, many of the remaining royalists continued to fight against the new government, and the opposition had to be suppressed by the French army, which was becoming more and more powerful. This allowed for the enigmatic General Napoleon Bonaparte to stage a coup of his own in 1799 and eventually become Emperor of France in 1804.