what did it reflect
2006-11-12 07:46:44 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
The gap between the rich and the poor. The people realised that the rich were not acting in their interests and so revolted.
2006-11-12 07:50:43 · answer #1 · answered by John S 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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 oppressive governments.
If you want to know more look it up on Wikipedia the article was too long to copy and paste
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_revolution
2006-11-12 15:52:54 · answer #2 · answered by thecat 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was a revolt of the working class against the rich upper class. More over the royalty that was having a good time while working class people were starving.
It reflected that if people are pushed far enough they will revolt, and in some cases it will be violent.
2006-11-12 15:51:40 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
an uprising in France against at the time the royal family in France and it reflected the people of France had as much as they were going to take of the then royal regime and put a end to it that's basically it
2006-11-12 15:54:16 · answer #4 · answered by towerlad 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was like a Catherine Wheel but not as colourful! I might be a bit confused on the details
2006-11-12 16:21:47 · answer #5 · answered by ? 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It reflected the haves having it all, while the rest starved. but the haves were to stupid and greedy to notice
2006-11-14 06:30:29 · answer #6 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
that was a revolution in France and it made a lot of people lose their heads!
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google it!...wikipedia.com might be a good source of information
2006-11-12 15:56:46 · answer #7 · answered by ricardo.villela 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That was the day when Napoleon proclaimed "THE COMMON FRENCH PEOPLE ARE REVOLTING!"
2006-11-12 17:56:46 · answer #8 · answered by dawleymouse 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a period in french history
2006-11-12 15:49:56 · answer #9 · answered by cereal killer 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They topped their royals - bloody good idea!
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2006-11-12 16:32:42 · answer #10 · answered by George D 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋