The Origins and Impacts of French Revolution



The Origins and Impacts of French Revolution

Introduction

In this paper, we would attempt to highlight the major reasons behind the French Revolution and its impact on France and the region. The various political, economic and social reasons would be highlighted and discussed. The discussion below would certainly enhance our knowledge on the topic and its varied determinants.

Discussion

French Revolution (1789 - 1794): France creates a new form of states the pressure of the insurrectionary Commune of Paris; the Convention abolished the monarchy September 21, 1792. The birth of the French Republic is proclaimed. On May 5, 1789, Louis XVI convened the Estates General at Versailles. On 17 June, the Third Estate proclaimed itself the National Assembly. This assembly was sworn on June 20 in Room Jeu de Paume, not to separate before giving a written constitution to France. On 9 July, she proclaims Constituent Assembly and to deprive the king's absolute sovereignty. The storming of the Bastille, July 14, causes a wave of enthusiasm throughout France and the establishment of the Great Fear. Worried, the Assembly voted on August 4 the abolition of all feudal rights in the nature of a personal servitude. The attempted reaction of Louis XVI, who called at Versailles on the Flanders regiment, causes the 5th and 6th October. Parisians marched on Versailles and bring the king to Paris. Until 1789, the absolutism in France that is to say that King concentrates all the powers, because according to him, his power comes from God; we speak of divine right monarchy. The King was at the top of the social pyramid, despite the designation of representatives, he controls everything. The offspring is determined by the Salic law who inherits the status of King. Absolutism is staged; it still represents the same codes: ...