The French Revolution last ten years. It was the result of a financial crisis that had sent the country into a spiral.
French Revolution
Les Miserbles was set during the French Revolution.
"A Tale of Two Cities" is set in the 18th century, specifically during the years leading up to and during the French Revolution.
to pay off war debts from the American revolution
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They used the guillotine to behead them
On July 14th, 1789, the Parisians aided by members of the National guard stormed the fortress and prison of La Bastille, in the hope to seize gunpowder and ammunitions for cannons and guns they had already taken from the arsenal of the Invalids. After a stand-off, a volley of bullets was fired from the fortress; that infuriated the mob who stormed the fortress, killed its governor and set the (seven) prisoners free. That event did not really 'set off' the French revolution as trouble was already brewing, but the day marks the beginning of the historical period of the French revolution.
A Tale of Two Cities
The French Revolution led to the abolition of slavery in Saint Domingue in 1794, as revolutionary ideals of liberty and equality influenced the colonial administration. This abolition set off a chain of events that eventually led to the Haitian Revolution, where enslaved Africans rebelled against colonial rule to establish Haiti as the first independent black republic in 1804.
The setting is in France, most of the latter part of the book takes place in Paris.
A Tale of Two cities is set in the French Revolution. The two cities are London and Paris, and the action of the plot takes place in the 1790s.
it was used to cut off peoples head