what was the french revolution?

Answer 1

get ur answer from the other guy -give me the 10 points and i wont tell your teacher-and the key is "Let em eat cake" the motto of the underclass overthrowing the upper class-and they were worse than the upperclass anarchy reigned-voilence head chopping and more-no structure when the mob rules for society

Answer 2

First of all WHATS U... who the heck is King luie and what on earth is a guillotine? Try using Check Spelling or even a dictionary before giving bad, no terrible advise!

OK, very briefly the French Revolution lasted on and off for a period of 75 years but the primary phase was 1789-1799.

The key historical result was that France became a republic and no longer a monarchy.

Some of the key factors leading to to the revolution were....

1.There was a massive crushing national debt
2. Excessive over spending by King Louis XVI
3. Unemployment increased greatly
4. There was a continuous lack of food for months at a time
5. Absolutism led to Aristocracy to Citizenry

Kink Louis XVI and Queen Marie Antoinette were condemned to death in 1793 and died on at the guillotine (named after the doctor who invented it) .

Answer 3

Basically it was when the poor people got really ticked off at the nobility. They wanted a free, equal society so they began killing the people in power. The revolution is most famous for the use of the guillitine...which has a hole for your head to go into, then this really huge blade falls from above and chops your head off. The French Revolution sent the message that the people wanted to govern themselves (not be ruled by a King).

Here is a good site if you want to learn more

http://chnm.gmu.edu/revolution/

The book A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens is a fictional novel set in England and France during the time of the revolution...its pretty good if you're interested in reading more on the revolution.

Answer 4

The French Revolution (1789–1799) was a pivotal period in the history of French, European and Western civilization. During this time, republicanism replaced the absolute monarchy in France, and the country's Roman Catholic Church was forced to undergo a radical restructuring. While France would oscillate among republic, empire, and monarchy for 75 years after the First Republic fell to a coup d'état, the Revolution is widely seen as a major turning point in the history of Western democracy—from the age of absolutism and aristocracy, to the age of the citizenry as the dominant political force.

The slogan of the French Revolution was "Liberté, égalité, fraternité, ou la mort!" ("Liberty, equality, fraternity, or death!"). This slogan outlived the revolution, later becoming the rallying cry of activists, both militant and non-violent, who promote democracy or overthrow of oppressive governments.

Many interrelated political and socioeconomic factors contributed to the French Revolution. To some extent, the old order succumbed to its own rigidity in the face of a changing world. It fell to the ambitions of a rising bourgeoisie, allied with aggrieved peasants, wage-earners, and individuals of all classes who had come under the influence of the ideas of the Enlightenment. As the revolution proceeded, and as power devolved from the monarchy to legislative bodies, the conflicting interests of these two once-allied groups would become the source of conflict and bloodshed.

Causes of the French Revolution include the following

* A poor economic situation and an unmanageable national debt were both caused and exacerbated by the burden of a grossly inequitable system of taxation, the massive spending of Louis XVI and the many wars of the 18th century;
* A resentment of royal absolutism;
* An aspiration for liberty and republicanism;
* A resentment of manorialism (seigneurialism) by peasants, wage-earners, and, to a lesser extent, the bourgeoisie;
* The rise of Enlightenment ideals;
* Food scarcity in the months immediately before the revolution;
* High unemployment and high bread prices resulting in the inability to purchase food;
* A resentment of noble privilege and dominance in public life by the ambitious professional classes;
* A resentment of religious intolerance;
* The failure of Louis XVI to deal effectively with these phenomena.

Answer 5

France accidentally declared war on itself and immediately did what the French always do: they surrendered.

Answer 6

a bunch of rabid french went on a murderous rampage which led to the death of tens of thousands of inocent people,the crazy thing was that the original leaders were executed by the regime that they started

Answer 7

the fall of the Monarchy and the rise of Human-Rights and Freedom

Answer 8

that is when king luie was beheaded with the gilotine. chech it out on the web

Answer 9

equality, fraternity and freedom.