French Revolution

Topic : France In Revolution, 1789-1968: The major revolutions, the differences between them. The French Revolution was a series of political acts that began in 1789 by reformers in the French Government to take away the absolute power of the King and rich landowners and form a Government elected by the people of France (a Republic). During this period the state’s financial crisis brought a social turmoil, triggering the Revolution. The slogan of this Revolution was ‘…

…birth to a new ideology for example ‘Liberty, Equality and Fraternity’ was established. Parties such as ‘Ultras’ and ‘Jacobians’, ‘Collaborators’ and ‘Resistors’ were created who had there own views and beliefs. Concepts such as Centralized Government, Socialism, Naturalism and Totalitarianism were introduced and implemented. Many of the Napoleonic Codes are used even today. Not only these revolutions had affected France itself but it was a positive influence and brought radical changes all over the world.