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How Successful Was The French Revolution Dbq

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The French Revolution happened in 1789 and ended in 1799 and its point was to create a new type of government based on the enlightenment principle of equality for all its citizens and to prevent the poor from being taxed more and more. I believe the French Revolution was successful because of three reasons: it made all French men equal, put limitations on the king and landowning , and made it easier for French men to live freely. Firstly, the French Revolution created an opportunity to make all French men equal. In Document A (The Declaration of the Rights of Man) it states, "Men are born and remain free and equal in rights. Social distinctions may be founded only upon the general good," and in Document F it also states, "Frenchmen …show more content…

In Document F, it states, "The king is the supreme head of the state, commands that land and sea forces, declares war, makes treaties of peace, alliance, and commerce, appoints, to all places or public administrations, and makes the necessary regulations and ordinances for the execution the laws and the security of the state." Or in other words it showed that official powers of the King and rules for the King were set up. It also made constitutional monarchs, monarchs that did not have the right of power given by God. Of course some might say that by setting up these rules, it upset other powerful countries. As stated in Document B, "They have murdered their King without even the shadow of justice, and of course, they cannot expect friendship nor intercourse with any civilized part of the world. The vengeance of Europe will now rapidly fall on them; and, in process of time, make them the [worst people] on the face of the Earth," when the French revolutionaries killed their king, it upset other of other countries, causing the downfall of Napoleon rule after he was defeated at the hands of the coalition of European powers led by the British, Russian, and German armies. But did this upset countries, or did it showed that the majority of France was tired of the way they were being treated and they wanted freedom and were ready to fight for it? This is actually showed in Document G, when it states that "The Revolution unified France and enhanced the power of the national state. The Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars tore down the ancient structure of Europe, hastened the advent of nationalism, and inaugurated the era of modern, total warfare." Saying that the revolution unified France and change

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