summary on french revolution

Basically in the French Revolution was a period of far reaching social and political upheaval in France that lasted from 1789 until 1799 and was partially carried forward by the Napoleon during the later expansion empire.The Revolution overthrew the monarchy established as a republic experienced violent periods of chaos and finally culminated in a dictatorship under Napoleon that rapidly brought many of its principles to Western Europe and beyond.The revolution profoundly altered the course of modern history triggering the global decline of the absolute monarchies while replacing them with republics and liberal democracies.Through the revolutionary wars it unleashed a wave of global conflicts that extended from the Caribbean to the middle east Historians widely regard the revolution as one of the most event in Human History. The causes of the French are complex and are still debated among historians.Following the seven year's war and the american revolutionary war the French government was deeply in dept and attempt to restore its financial status through unpopular taxation schemes years of bad harvest leading up to the revolution also inflamed popular displeasure of the privileges enjoyed by the clergy and the nobility.Demands for change were formulated in terms of enlightenment ideals and contributed to the convocation of the estates general in may 1789.The first year of the revolution saw members of the 3rd estate taking control the assault on the Bastille in July the passage of the declaration of the rights of man and of the citizens in August the women march to the palace of Versailles that forced the royal court back to Paris in October.A central event of the first stage in August 1789 was the abolition of feudalism and the old rules and privileges left over from the Old Regime.The next few years featured political struggles between various liberal assemblies and right wing supporters of the monarchies intent on the wartiting of major.On July 14 1789 the people of Paris were afraid that the army had been ordered to attack them.they armed themselves and marched to the Bastille a royal fort used as a prison in search of gun powder.they attacked and captured the fort the revolution had began.The French revolution succeeded in overthrowing a corrupt and unjust system of government but it soon ran out of control .1st aristocrats were executed and then the revolutionaries turned on each other in a bloodbath.The reign of terror had begun in which the state governed by fear.During the reign of terror about 40 thousand people were executed or murdered.A guillotine (a guillotine is bascally a wooden frame which contained a sharp blade that was dropped onto the victim's neck it was a humane method of execution) was set up in the place in Paris.That the creator of of the reign of terror (Robespierre) was seized by his opponents and beheaded in the National Convention in 1794.In 1795 there were major uprisings.Order was restored by a soldier named Napoleon Bonaparte.Power passed to a 5 man group called the Directory and by 1799 Napoleon had seized power for himself the and revolution was over.