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The Real Story Of

The French Revolution

Subject :- Social Science [History]

Topic :-France In Late 18th Century

French Symbol

French Ruler (Louis XVI)

Louis XVI ,born Louis Auguste ,also known as Louis Capet was the King of France from 1774 until his deposition in 1792 ,although his formal title after 1791 was King of the French. He was Guillotined on 21 January 1793

Marie Antoinette

Marie Antoinette, an Achduchess of Austria, was the fifteenth and second youngest child of Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor and Empress Maria Theresa

Maximilien De Robespierre

Maximilien Francois Marie Isidore de Robespierre was a French lawyer and politician, and the Reign of Terror. He was born on 6 May 1758 at Arras, Artois. He supported Jacobin club. He followed Deism. He died on 28 July 1794 at Place De La Revolution.

CausesThe causes of the French revolution can be attributed to several intertwining factors:Cultural: The Enlightenment philosophy desacralized the authority of the King and the Church, and promoted a new society based on "reason" instead of traditions.Social: The emergence of an influential bourgeoisie which was formally part of the Third Estate (commoners) but had evolved into a caste with its own agenda and aspired to political equality with the clergy (First Estate) and the aristocracy (Second Estate).Financial: France's debt, aggravated by French involvement in the American Revolution, led Louis XVI to implement new taxations and to reduce privileges.Political: Louis XVI faced virulent opposition from provincial parliaments which were the spearheads of the privileged classes' resistance to royal reforms.Economic: The deregulation of the grain market, advocated by liberal economists, resulted in an increase in bread prices. In period of bad harvests, it would lead to food scarcity which would prompt the masses to revolt.

CulturalMerchants and factory owners soon had enough wealth to dictate important parts of political and economic life and to influence fashions. No longer were wealthy nobles the only people who could afford the luxuries f life. Along with more luxurious food, housing, and clothing, the growing middle class began devouring knowledge.

French Society

ClergiesNoblesCommonersThese was unequal distribution of society in Republique francaise .

Social InequalityThe fundamental issue of poverty was aggravated by social inequality as all peasants were liable to pay taxes, from which the nobility could claim immunity, and feudal dues payable to a local seigneur or lord. Similarly, the destination of tithes which the peasants were obliged to pay to their local churches was a cause of grievance as it was known that the majority of parish priests were poor and the contribution was being paid to an aristocratic, and usually absentee, abbot.

Financial and Economical CausesThere were two causes which led to Financial and Economical crisis.

Anglo-American WarSubsistence crisis of breads

Anglo-American War

France helped America to fight against Britishers (English Peoples) as they were the biggest opponents (Enemies) in the whole Europe. This made Louis XVI to help 13 American colonies.

Subsistence Crisis of French Breads

The climate in France was so bad, that it resulted to bad harvest of cereals. At that time, king said not to supply the bread to the small peasants, artisans, etc. before the bread gets supplied to the nobles and the clergy. The bakers got confused what to do. And they decided to listen king. But the production got paused because the material, to the French Bread got finished.

Philosophers of FranceFrench philosophers were instrumental in the French revolution. Writers such as Voltaire, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Diderot, Locke and many more were the essentially the backbone of the revolution.

VotltaireFrancois-Marie Arouet, known by his name de Voltaire, was a French Enlightenment writer, historian, and philosophers famous for his wit, his attacks on the established Catholic Church .

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Jean-Jacques Rousseau ,a Francophone Genevan philosophers, writer, and composer of the 18th century, was born on 28 June 1792. His political philosophy influenced the enlightenment in France and across Europe , as well as aspects of the French Revolution and the overall development of modern political and educational thought.

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Montesquieu

Charles-Louis de Secondat, Baron de LaBrede et de Montesquieu, generally referred to as simply Montesquieu, was a French Lawyer, man of letters, and political philosophers who lived during the age of Enlightenment

John Locke

John Locke FRS was an English philosophers and physician, widely regarded as one of the most influential of Enlightenment thinkers and commonly known as the Father of Liberalism.

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