Today the French Revolution is commemorated, which was a dividing mark in the history of humanity, starting the contemporary age. It was such an important event that its ideals influenced many movements around the world.
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On July 14, 1789, the French Revolution represented a turning point in human history with the end of the Modern Age and the beginning of the Contemporary Age. It was such an important event that its ideals influenced various movements around the world. The French Revolution was mainly motivated by growing social inequality, the devastating economic crisis and the endemic hunger suffered by the vast majority of the population. The French Revolution was a social and political movement whose main objective was to overthrow the Ancien Régime and establish a democratic State that represented and guaranteed the rights of all citizens. The Parisian population took to the streets of the city to fight against this situation on July 12, 1789. King Louis XVI tried to react, but the people remained united, taking over the streets. The revolutionaries' slogan was "Liberty, Equality and Fraternity". The popular unrest did not subside and, on July 14, the people continued with their uprising, first attacking the Arsenal of the Invalides and then promoting the fall of the Bastille, which was an old fortress that had been transformed into a prison for the political opponents of the French kings.
Influenced by the ideals of the Enlightenment, an intellectual movement that emerged during the eighteenth century in Europe, that advocated the use of reason against the old regime and advocated greater economic and political freedom, the people began to rebel and to fight for the equality of everybody before the law. They fought, among other things, the monarchical absolutism and the privileges of the nobility and clergy. Meanwhile, the French economy experienced an unprecedented crisis. The King Louis XVI tried to react, but the people remained united, taking over the streets. The slogan of the revolutionaries was "Liberty, Equality and Fraternity". On 14 July 1789 the people stormed and took the Bastille (prison) representing the absolute powers of the king, as it was there that were imprisoned political its enemies. This episode became known as "The fall of the Bastille".
Learn about the French Revolution. Instigators, Major Events during this time period and the effects/ ending are covered here.
Not mine. My Professor made this.
1. The French revolution
During the French Revolution,
the symbols of the Republic
were born .
The flag symbolizes the
unification of the French people
(red and blue) with the king
(white).
The national anthem , called
the Marseillaise, was
composed by Rouget de l'Isle
in 1792. At the beginning, it
was sung by the inhabitants of
Marseille, going to the battle.
Marianne is th e Republic's
symbol : she wears the Phrygian
cap (it symbolizes freedom) and
the flag (rosette).
July 14 th is the national day.
The cock is another symbol of
France which comes from our
ancestors, the Gauls that
shouted as cocks before the
fight.
It's during the Revolution many rules, laws changed in France. It unified the Republic.
It's also during the
Revolution the 100 French
departements were born.
The citizenship was born during
the French Revolution, in 1789. It
made the citizens free, equal (in
rights) and sovereigns (voting
right for everyone). It's further to
the execution of the king and to
the fights French people became
real citizens.
The Declaration of the
Rights of the Man and of
the Citizen was inspired by
the ideas of the Lights
(philosophers of the XVII
century). It was written by
the National Assembly.
Declaration of the
Rights of the Man
and of the Citizen.
The Declaration of the
Rights of the Man and
of the Citizen contains
all the laws applied in
France. The marriage
at the town hall
becomes obligatory
and France is a lay
country. We're free to
practice a religion but
not everywhere (not at
school for example).
It's during the same period the
metric system has been created.
With this system, we can measure
different lenghts, different weights
with grammes and different volumes
with liters.
