MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
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The Reign of Terror and the Ideas of the Enlightenment
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The Napoleonic Code and ideas of the Enlightenment
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Ideas of the Enlightenment and the American revolution
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The Scientific Revolution and the Reign of Terror
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Detailed explanation-1: -The upheaval was caused by disgust with the French aristocracy and the economic policies of King Louis XVI, who met his death by guillotine, as did his wife Marie Antoinette.
Detailed explanation-2: -The French Revolution of 1789 was the culmination of the High Enlightenment vision of throwing out the old authorities to remake society along rational lines, but it devolved into bloody terror that showed the limits of its own ideas and led, a decade later, to the rise of Napoleon.
Detailed explanation-3: -The ideals of liberty and equality, that were needed to overthrow Louis XVI, emerged first from the writings of important and influential thinkers of the Age of Enlightenment. Specifically, the writings of John Locke, Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Baron de Montesquieu greatly influenced the revolutionaries in France.
Detailed explanation-4: -In the late 18th century France was on the brink of bankruptcy due to its involvement in the American Revolution and King Louis XVI’s extravagant spending. This led to a people’s revolt against the inequalities of French society, the corruption of royal officials, and despair owing to widespread economic hardship.