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…“It is indeed true that our Revolution was strikingly unlike that of France, and that most of those who originated it had no other than political programme.” The American and French Revolutions were both bourgeois revolutions fought under the banner…

…The Bastille became the focus of the opening of the French Revolution. Why? The Bastille had been transformed from being used as a military fortress to protect the Eastern wall of Paris in the 14th Century to it's less imposing role as a prison…

…Social factors contributed to the French Revolution of 1789 Although social tensions within France certainly contributed to the revolutionary situation in August 1789 it was not the only contributing factor. Divisions and inequality between, as well…

…Discuss the social and political causes made fertile ground for the French revolution King Louis XVI of France married Marie Antoinette, and together they lived in luxury, at the palace of Versailles while his people suffered. King Louis ruled…

…During the time period between 1600 A.D. and 1800 A.D. there was several revolutions that have emerged to change the fate of nations. Among these heroic revolutions which were led and fought by heroic individuals, one stands out among the many…

…not involved, the revolution really did not have the power needed to fight against an army with the strength of the French one. The events of the French Revolution alternately energized and repulsed contemporaries. Many experienced what English poet William…

…Both the French and Russian Revolutions were influenced by new waves of philosophical thinking, however, in neither case can it be seen as being the major cause. The French Revolution of 1789 which lead to the sacking of King Louis XVI occurred mainly…

…Money or the lack of it was not the only cause of the French Revolution. It was one of the causes that eventually lead to the Revolution. One cause that led to the revolution was the peasants. They were getting tired of being heavily taxed…

…In order to answer this question adequately it will be necessary to identify what the Marxist historians feel were the causes of the French Revolution. In doing so I will be able to deduce what factors of the causes can be related to a Marxist…

…What were the causes of the French Revolution? How did it differ from the American Revolution? The decline of absolutism in the eighteenth century has questionable led to possible causes of the French Revolution. The French Revolution was a civil…