French Revolution anybody?

Question

Ok I need a simplish account of events that lead to the french revolution, and the events after it.

I said simple answers not thick head answers, I am smart but i dont need too much deatail just stuff like how Napoleon made people rebell and what exactly happend afterwords

Answer 1

The aristocracy spent their time at court in blissful ignorance of the rumblings of discontent from the peasants, who didn't have lives just grinding poverty. However the years of the Terror were far worse, with not only aristocrats but ordinary people being guillotined. Robespierre, the 'sea green incorruptible', who had so many people murdered, was eventually guillotined himself. His rule was one of the worst that France had experienced. After his death and when things had calmed down a bit was when the rise of Napoleon ocurred. His aim was to bring back pride to a battered France, though, obviously, the rest of Europe did not agree with his methods.

Answer 2

The French masses decided that they had enough of the ruling classes and decided to have a revolution. The lead up to the revolution was job shortages, inequality and a posh elite who had everything.

A bit like our celebrity culture now. So Robespierre and his men organised the storming of the Bastille. There were underground cells and torture chambers for the poor. A bit like the CIA. Anyway the guillotines were set up and Robespierre was in charge of the Committee For Public Safety. Actually they cut peoples heads off. The masses took control of France. Brings a tear to my eyes frankly I'm nostalgic for those times.

Answer 3

Basically the French kings bled the treasury dry. The nobles were not taxed so the peasants starved while the nobles played. The peasants finally revolted and stormed the Bastille, a prison. Then the took over the government and guillotined nobles. The government was in chaos until Napoleon stabilized it.

Answer 4

Napoleon was just a moderately cleaver middle classed boy born in Corsica 15 august 1769 who worked his way up the military ranks but he was clever at military strategy and mathematics that is how he became emperor being in the right battle at the right time and knowing how to lead men.He died 5 may 1821 on st Helena were he was excelled for a second time.

Answer 5

I'm sure you'll have lots of people give you a general rundown of the revolution itself. However, what a lot of history books doesn't mention is that Thomas Paine helped instigate the French Revolution in the same manner that he did the American Revolution. His pamphlet "Common Sense" is famous in American history; telling the colonists to use their "common sense" and break away from England. His words stirred things up nicely. He left America and went to France, and started the same thing. Using his words to the French rebels against the crown of France. Obviously his words were pretty potent because it helped to cause two revolutions.

Answer 6

Approximately :
1788 : Almost financial bankrupt of French state

May 1789 : King Louis XVI convocated the Estates-General (representatives from Clergy, Nobles and "Tiers Etat" (Third Estate middle class and poors). King refused to give more votes to the Tiers Etat. They constituted themselves on 10 June as an "Assemblee Nationale" with some liberal clergymen and nobles.

20 June 1789 : On the "Salle du Jeu de Paume", these deputies promised to be not separated before a new constitution has been voted.

14 July 1789 : popular revolt - Bastille jail taken by Parisian people.

4 August 1789 : Seeing the resistance of both popular and middle classes, Nobles and king reluctantly agreed to abolish all their privileges. In few time between 1789 and 1791, new rights are given (freedom of thinking, Jews considered as French citizens...), clergy has to obey to French state and to abandon their goods, new flag and motto adopted.

20 June 1791 : Louis XVI try to go away from France, to gain support from other kings to regain his power. He's recognized at Varennes, arrested and sentenced to death few months later.
September 1792 : Republic is proclaimed with a new calender. Robespierre support "Terror" against nobles and clergymen suspected of opposition to the regime, but also to other Republic deputies, many big names of revolution lost their life. He would then be guillotined himself in 1794.

1792-1802 : long wars against Austria, Prussia, Great Britain...

1795-1799 : Directoire period. The financial situation wasn't brillant before, and kept on going worse.

1799 : Napoleon "coup" installed the Consulate. The polticial situation became more stable. In 1802, he became Emperor.

Answer 7

poor economic situation,unmanageable national debt,grossly inequitable system of taxation, and LouisXVI massive spending,
high unemployment,rising bread prices,caused resentment of royal absolutism,the people rebelled,stormed the Bastille,the monarchy was suspended,abolished and the republic declared,LouisVI executed ,reign of terror under Robespierre,everybody accused of counter revolutionary activities executed,a new constitution was created,the new regime suffered opposition from royalists and opposition, the Army suppressed the riots and counter revolutionaries,in this way the army gained power and one of its generals was Napoleon

Answer 8

check out militaryhistorypodcast.com and listen to the Napoleon stories episode 1.

Answer 9

Napoleon did not make the people rebel - he came in much later

Answer 10

The enraged mob stormed the Royal Prison, - i.e., THE BASTILLE! Then the S**T hit the fan, and, the King and Queen were WORSE THAN USELESS, - they, completely, LOST THEIR HEADS! Simple enough???