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What were the conditions like before the French Revolution began?
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∙ 12y ago
It was an Absolute Monarchy.
Just prior to the Revolution the monarchs were beginning to work at reforms - based on some of the ideas as expressed by the philosophes of the Enlightenment.
Unfortunately such changes were too little too late and the people continued to find the monarchy too 'out of touch' with reality as they knew and experienced it.
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∙ 13y agobefore the revolution, the estate system was starting to be shook up. you got some very rich clergymen(first estate) and some very poor. the same for the noblemen(second estate). but in the third estate - the peasants, there were some quite rich ones- the 'middle class' but the poor ones, were the poorest of all. some could only just scrape a living, while paying the tax, but some couldn't pay for food and tax, so were sent to prison. many had many children to look after, and couldn't pay for all their food. they had no rights, couldn't vote etc...
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∙ 13y agoThe peasants had to pay all the tax which made them very poor.
They weren't allowed to leave the country.
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began in 1789 with the French Revolution
What month did the french revolution began?
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The French Revolution.
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The French Revolution began in 1789.
What is Europe's political revolution?
began in 1789 with the French Revolution
What began with the storming of the Bastille?
The French Revolution
French Revolution began and ended in?
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How did Americans react to the french revolution?
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