5o objectives question from the chapter 5 France revolution
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The French wanted to emulate the American Revolution except instead of breaking away from a foreign government, they want to upset the French Monarchy and install a government like the U.S. did.
Nearly all revolutions are initiated by the Middle Class, and France was no exception. A central government was established and they tried to develop a constitution. The king and his family were executed.
Soon, the revolution turned into a blood bath. Much of the royalty was rounded up and tried for various crimes and 50% of the royalty wisely left France, many never to return. Thus the intellectual core of France was destroyed by the initial movements toward democracy.
The revolutionary cause was used by greedy people much the way the Salem Witchcraft trials were. People accuse other people (who owned land they wanted) of disloyalty and were able to have owners butchered so they could seize land. The amount of outright criminal activity exceeded “authorized authority’ and the revolution turned into a absolute anarchy which was reflected in public by beheading a large number of both royals and the middle class.
There was no money in the French treasury, the government existed on the basis of borrowed money and this was a significant problem. Originally, this problem was solved by seizing all church property and goods and converting them to cash.