Some of the first events of the French Revolution were spontaneous and directed by the people.
The Great Fear of 1789, for example, was a movement of peasant rebellion against landowners. During the summer, poor peasants across France basically rose up against their oppressive landowners, destroying crops, threatening landowners, and so forth.
The Storming of the Bastille is another example of a spontaneous popular uprising. It started after the people of Paris heard news that the king had dismissed his finance minister, Necker. Necker was popular with the lower class, because he wanted reform that would benefit the poor, so his dismissal created fury among lower class Parisians. They mobbed together, went to the Bastille (a prison and symbol of the monarchy's tyranny), and took it over, releasing the prisoners.
Source: Century of Change: Europe from 1789 to 1918 by E. Alyn Mitchner and R. Joanne Tuffs
No, Napolean did not start the French Revolution, he came after.
The French revolution formally started in 1789
The Storming of the Bastille marks the start of the French Revolution.
The French Revolution started because the people decided that they wanted to get rid of the monarchy government. But what exactly started the revolution was that all though the subjects wanted to get rid of the monarchy , the French soldiers defended the monarchy. So began the Revolution. Good Luck! * The smarter and simpler reason is because the French people were treated unfairly.*
Yes, people did have rights during the french revolution.
The historical start of the French Revolution was the Storming of the Bastille on 14 July 1789.
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The French Revolution began on 14 July 1789 (Bastille Day).
Marie Antoinette did not help the French Revolution. As the queen, she was against the revolution and did not support the revolt of her people.
It was 1789.