USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Before 1789, France was an absolute monarchy ruled by the House of Bourbon. This meant that the powers of the French royal family were not limited by representative bodies such as an elected parliament. The king was responsible only to God and not to anyone on earth.

Detailed explanation-2: -Beginning in 1789, the French Revolution saw the French people overthrow their absolute monarchy and bring about a republic that was based on the principles of equality, liberty and fraternity.

Detailed explanation-3: -Louis XVI was the absolute monarch of France in the years leading up to the French Revolution. At the beginning of Louis XVI’s reign, France was under the Ancien Regime which was a system based on absolute monarchy and the feudal traditions of the estates system.

Detailed explanation-4: -Before the Revolution France was a monarchy ruled by the king. The king had total power over the government and the people. The people of France were divided into three social classes called “estates.” The First Estate was the clergy, the Second Estate was the nobles, and the Third Estate was the commoners.

Detailed explanation-5: -In France, Louis XIV was the most famous exemplar of absolute monarchy, with his court central to French political and cultural life during his reign. It ended in May 1789, when widespread social distress led to the convocation of the Estates-General, which was converted into a National Assembly in June.