The French Revolution has notably been recognized as the war of the liberation of humanity and is an excellent lesson on the workings of mob mentality. Both of these perspectives are feasible because never before in the history of Western Civilization had there been such a triumph for traditionally oppressed groups of men and women. France like many other nations at the time was in turmoil and civil unrest with classes dividing the people. Discontent within the peasantry was rising. Moreover, the support for the American Revolution and a weak monarch that forced the Ancien Regime, which undoubtedly had many negative features, were all trigger points to the French Revolution. Nevertheless, the one point that pushed the ideology of the revolution to actual actions was the economic state of France, so bad was the financial system that King Louis 14th was almost bankrupt.
France in the late 18th century was a society divided and separated by classes. The population was divided......
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