Probably not, many were sincere proponents of good government, a few were corrupt, some were hungry for power and a few were involved in government only briefly and moved on. More than a few wanted to be fair, and sometimes were.
The French Revolution took place from 1789 to 1799. It ended when Napoleon Bonaparte staged a coup and took over the French government.
The French revolution changed the government and whole set of beliefs France was founded upon. The French monarchy became a French republic. Thousands of aristocrats and lower class people were killed.
Napoleon was part of a coup against the Directory in 1799.
The Eiffel Tower was completed in 1889. It was the main symbol of the Exposition Universelle de Paris (Paris World's Fair) held in that year to mark the 100th anniversary of the French Revolution.
The French Revolution is most likely to be compared to the American Revolution because the French peasants had gotten the idea of the American's Constitution and the idea of rebelling from the leader.
the french were fighting about equal rights, and for fair taxes.
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the french revolution.
The French Revolution occurred because the people saw how effective the American Revolution was and they realized it was possible to change their government.
The American Revolution created a lasting form of liberal government, while the French Revolution did not.
The main difference was that the government was changed from a monarchy to a democracy.
The French Revolution overthrew the Absolute Monarchy of France.
The Directory.
The U.S. government was against going into the French Revolution because they had just gotten out of a war, and the government also wanted to remain neutral.
The french people were fighting to overthrow the monarchy that was their government.
Prior to the French revolution, there was a huge distinction between the rich and the poor. The French people were living in extreme poverty while the nobles were living it up and running the country into debt. The French people simply became fed up with this and wanted a new, fair system of government in which they would no longer be frivolously ruled. These are the main points of why the old regime caused the French revolution.
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