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…Topic : France In Revolution, 1789-1968: The major revolutions, the differences between them. The French Revolution was a series of political acts that began in 1789 by reformers in the French Government to take away the absolute power of the King…

…To begin with, the American Revolution inspired the French people who were seeking reform in their own country. Throughout the eighteenth century, Enlightenment ideas caused people to think twice about the structure of their society. The French middle…

…The French Revolution What were the causes and the effects of the French Revolution? The major cause of the French Revolution was the disputes between the different types of social classes in French society. The French Revolution of 1789- 1799…

…The age of Enlightenment took place between the time when Louis XIV died (1715), and the coup d'etat (1799, when Napoleon came into power. It is during this time period that the French Revolution occurred, as well as several other stages of reform…

…the revolution, and it divided French society up into three estates. The first comprised of the clergy, the second the nobility and the rest of the population was classified as the third estate. Not only was the third estate heterogeneous, comprising…

…World History Term Paper: The Rise of Napoleon’s Power During The French Revolution Napoleon’s return to an autocratic government saved the French revolution, and all it stood for; and saving France from a near potentially anarchic situation…

…French Revolution French Revolution, one of the major revolutions in European history. The revolution marks a turning point in Frence history and in world history in general. Forms of government, morals, ideologies, and social…

…Louis XVI (1754-93), king of France (1774-92), who lost his throne in the French Revolution and was later beheaded by the revolutionary regime. Louis was born at Versailles on August 23, 1754, the grandson of Louis XV. The deaths of his two elder brothers…

…THE FRENCH REVOLUTION France has a great history filled with blood, tears, poverty, Kings, and its most famous, the French Revolution (1789-1791). The French Revolution was caused by France's financial crisis, which was growing daily since the 1780…

…The French Revolution (1789-99) violently transformed France from a monarchical state with a rigid social hierarchy into a modern nation in which the social structure was loosened and power passed increasingly to the middle classes. CAUSES…