The Coming of the French Revolution
On July 14th France celebrates its independence day. In 1789, it was the day Parisians stormed into the Bastille, a jail for political prisoners. The angry revolutionaries released the prisoners and killed off the guards. It was the first act of violence and revolt against the monarchy of Louis XIV, and an event that sparked a revolution that lasted for over twenty years. Yet even before this day, anger and frustration were bubbling within the people of France. The monarchy was oppressing the French people, and life for the working class was a rigid tumble down an endless a hill. As the disadvantages brought on by the government built up the French people ultimately stood up and fought for the rights they thought they finally deserved. Deepening debts of the government, an unfair division of economic classes, and the extreme poverty of the working class led to antagonism, injustice and ultimately, the people’s revolution.
To begin with, the......
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