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Hi, my name is Daho. Historical achievements are achievements that were succeeded a long time ago. There are many historical achievements, but today I will talk about the French Revolution and
French Revolution, also called the Revolution of 1789, was a revolutionary movement that shook France between 1787 and 1799. The French Revolution had general causes common to all the revolutions of the West at the end of the 18th century and particular causes that explain why it was by far the most violent and the most universally significant of these revolutions. About this revolution, there are 5 reasons why it was started.
First, the increasingly numerous and prosperous elite of wealthy commoners-merchants, manufacturers, and professionals, aspired to political power in those countries where it did not already possess it. The bourgeoisie resented its exclusion from political power and positions of honor. Second, the peasants were acutely aware of their situation and were less and less willing to support an anachronistic and burdensome feudal system. Third, the philosophes had been read more widely in France than anywhere else. Fourth, French participation in the American Revolution had driven the government to the brink of bankruptcy. Last, for France, which with 26 million inhabitants in 1789 was the most populated country in Europe, the problem was most acute.
The French Revolution is significant for the fact that it marked the end of the institution of absolute monarchy in France and saw the establishment of a Republic. Liberty, Equality, and Fraternity, which had become the guiding principles of the French Revolution, also became the foundational values of the French Republic. The Revolution led to the establishment of a democratic government for the first time in Europe. Feudalism as an institution was buried by the Revolution, and the Church and the clergy were brought under State control. It led to the eventual rise of Napoleon Bonaparte as the Emperor of France. It also signified the end of ancient beliefs and political systems and a qualified acceptance of the new era of the Industrial Revolution. It popularised the idea of nationalism. It also led to the eventual development of the Welfare State. The success of the French Revolution inspired people all over the world, especially in Europe. Mobilized by the spirit of nationalism and the ideas of liberty, equality, and fraternity, people rose in revolt against the absolutist
autocratic State and strived to install democracy as the new form of Government.
This French Revolution was a tragedy for the French people. But because of this revolution, on 1789 August 26th, the French Congress announced the declaration of human rights. This announcement made France's people equal. Because of this announcement, the absolute monarchy and monopoly right was gone. Instead of a status system,
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