MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
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Great Fear
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Great Schism
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huge wave
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Reign of Movement
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Detailed explanation-1: -Great Fear, French Grande Peur, (1789) in the French Revolution, a period of panic and riot by peasants and others amid rumours of an “aristocratic conspiracy” by the king and the privileged to overthrow the Third Estate.
Detailed explanation-2: -Answer: Contribution of the peasants to the outbreak of the French Revolution : The peasants had to pay various taxes to the government, to the nobles and to the Church. They were subjected to forced labour, they had to work free in the land of the nobles for three days in a week.
Detailed explanation-3: -The main cause of the French Revolution was the despotic rule of Louis XVI, division of French society, rising prices, inspiration of the philosophers, role of middle class.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Great Fear (in French, Grande Peur) was a wave of peasant riots and violence that swept through France in July and August 1789. These riots were sparked by economic concerns, rural panic and the power of rumour.