Explain the circumstances that made the declaration of French revolution.
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Answer:
There were many reasons of french revolution...
Explanation:
Feudal system
People were not getting equal rights and freedom
people were treated as slaves
King was very cruel
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FRENCH REVOLUTION
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1787–1799
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Alternative Title: Revolution of 1789
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French Revolution, also called Revolution of 1789, revolutionary movement that shook France between 1787 and 1799 and reached its first climax there in 1789—hence the conventional term “Revolution of 1789,” denoting the end of the ancien régime in France and serving also to distinguish that event from the later French revolutions of 1830 and 1848.
CAUSES
The growing popularity of the works of a number of intellectuals who argued for social reform
Crop failures in 1788 compounded existing economic restlessness
French participation in the American Revolution that drove the government to the brink of bankruptcy
Resentment among the bourgeoisie about being excluded from political power
The French monarchy, no longer seen as divinely ordained, was unable to adapt to the political and societal pressures being exerted on it
Widespread inequality between the rich and poor classes alongside growing dissatisfaction with the antiquated feudal system among the poor
OUTCOMES
Establishment of a republic in France
Establishment of civil equality in the country (but not in the French colonies) and radical social change
The Reign of Terror, during which the Revolutionary government arrested 300,000 suspects, resulting in at least 25,000 deaths
The abolition of feudalism in France
The abolition of the monarchy and the deaths of King Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette
The rise to power of Napoleon Bonaparte
Wars with a number of other countries, including Austria, Prussia, and Great Britain
KEY PEOPLE
Georges Danton
Jacques-Louis David
Marie-Thérèse-Louise de Savoie-Carignan, princess de Lamballe
Louis XVI
Marie-Antoinette
Honoré-Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau
Napoleon I
Maximilien Robespierre
Louis de Saint-Just
Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand, prince de Bénévent
RELATED TOPICS
Ancien régime
Aristocracy
Émigré
French republican calendar
Guillotine
DID YOU KNOW?
The storming of the Bastille is still honored in France as a national holiday.
The Jacobins attempted to eradicate Christianity in France.
When Louis XVI was executed in January 1793, his severed head was paraded around for the crowd and was met with exclamations of "Vive la République!"
The later Bolsheviks admired the French Revolution and especially the Jacobins, the extremist French revolutionaries who had instigated the Reign of Terror.
Origins of the Revolution