The Napoleonic Code.
The French Revolution (French: Révolution française; 1789-99)
The third estate
If you abide by the School of Thought that says the French Revolution was begun as grass roots movement by the man on the street with the Storming of the Bastille then abandon the role of philosophy and philosophers because the Nation had less then a 20% literacy rate. For the illiterate peasant it was about hope for a better tomorrow and bread for today.If you hold the position that the origin of the French Revolution is with the Tennis Court Oath, then Enlightenment and philosophy may have had a meaningful role. The Third Estate delegates were literate and more then a few held conversant positions on the Rights of Man. For most of them however it was a tax issue and a matter of tax fairness.
The Tennis Court Oath was a very important event during the early days of the French Revolution - members of the Third Estate who were locked out of a meeting of the Estates-General held a conference in a tennis court.
the political power that citizens held in their government
montesquieu and rousseau
The French Revolution (French: Révolution française; 1789-99)
The third estate
The third estate held 97% [of which held 80% peasants] the Second estate held 1% and the First estate held 2%.
Bastille Day is the national holiday of France. It began on July 14, 1880 and is held to honor the beginning of the French Revolution with the Storming of Bastille.
France was reigned by an Absolute Monarch, King Louis XVI.
The French national day is held on the 14th of July. French commemorate the fall of the Bastille, marking the beginning of the French revolution in 1789.
The time period after the French Revolution was primarily characterized by Napoleon Bonaparte holding power in France. Although a French Directory government was set up after the Revolution, it quickly collapsed, paving the way for Napoleon to take control.
The time period after the French Revolution was primarily characterized by Napoleon Bonaparte holding power in France. Although a French Directory government was set up after the Revolution, it quickly collapsed, paving the way for Napoleon to take control.
The French national holiday is held on July 14. That dates marks the beginning of the French revolution in 1789, when a crowd of Parisians stormed the Bastille fortress.
In 1776, the American colonists began a revolution, making clear the principles of freedom and rights outlined in the Declaration of independence. These ideas bounded back across the Atlantic to influence the French Revolution. In 1791 the ideals of the American and French Revolutions traveled across the Caribbean and the Atlantic to the French-held island colony of Saint Dominique. Inspired by talk of freedom, enslaved Africans took up arms and shook off French rule. In 1804, the island became the second nation in the Americans to achieve independence from colonial rule.
During the French Revolution, Spain, Portugal and France achieved their independence from the European monarchies that held power over them.