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  1. 5 days ago · Origins of the Revolution. The French Revolution had general causes common to all the revolutions of the West at the end of the 18th century and particular causes that explain why it was by far the most violent and the most universally significant of these revolutions. The first of the general causes was the social structure of the West.

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  2. French Revolution. Major Events: Battle of the First of June. Battle of Fleurus. Battle of Marengo. Siege of Toulon. Battle of Valmy. French Revolutionary wars, title given to the hostilities between France and one or more European powers between 1792 and 1799. It thus comprises the first seven years of the period of warfare that was continued ...

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    • Causes. Most of the causes of the French Revolution can be traced to economic & social inequalities. Most of the causes of the French Revolution can be traced to economic and social inequalities that were exacerbated by the brokenness of the Ancien Régime (“old regime”), the name retroactively given to the political and social system of the Kingdom of France in the last few centuries of its initial existence.
    • The Gathering Storm: 1774-1788. On 10 May 1774, King Louis XV of France died after a reign of nearly 60 years, leaving his grandson to inherit a troubled and broken kingdom.
    • Rise of the Third Estate: February-September 1789. Across France, 6 million people participated in the electoral process for the Estates-General, and a total 25,000 cahiers de doléances, or lists of grievances, were drawn up for discussion.
    • A People's Monarchy: 1789-1791. As the National Assembly slowly drafted its constitution, Louis XVI was sulking in Versailles. He refused to consent to the August Decrees and the Declaration of the Rights of Man, demanding instead that the deputies include his right to an absolute veto in the new constitution.
  3. Feb 10, 2024 · Cause 2: Expensive Wars & the Anglo-French Rivalry. The Death of General James Wolfe by Benjamin West, c. 1770. Source: National Army Museum. Britain and France were colonial rivals throughout the eighteenth century, fighting for overseas territory in pursuit of economic prosperity and global influence.

  4. Causes of the French Revolution. Storming of the Bastille. There is significant disagreement among historians of the French Revolution as to its causes. Usually, they acknowledge the presence of several interlinked factors, but vary in the weight they attribute to each one. These factors include cultural changes, normally associated with the ...

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  6. The storming of the Bastille on July 14, 1789, was a pivotal moment in the French Revolution. At the time of the assault on the Bastille (formally the Bastille Saint-Antoine), its underground cells loomed large in the French mind as a definitive example of monarchical cruelty. Ironically, the prison’s horrors were wildly exaggerated—not ...

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