but the French Revolution was lead by the bourgeoisie from the start. In May 1789, King Louis XVI called a meeting of the Estates-General, to try and find a solution to France’s financial problems.

By 1789 France was broke ... ignited one of the greatest social upheavals in Western history, the French Revolution. Violence spread to the countryside, where peasants demanded the feudal system ...

The French Revolution of 1789 not only propelled all of Europe into a war, but also touched off slave uprisings in the Caribbean. On Saint Domingue, the free people of color began the chain of ...

The French Revolution began in 1789 and lasted until the end of the 18 th century. It was brought on by the public’s general disapproval of French aristocracy and King Louis XVI’s lavish ...

After the French Revolution broke out in 1789, the King and Queen plotted an escape in 1791. Marie Antoinette packed her jewelry in a wooden chest and requested that one of her advisers transport ...

(Image courtesy of Osenat auction house via Courthouse News) PARIS (AFP) — An elegant white shoe made of silk and goat leather that belonged to Marie-Antoinette, France's last queen before the 1789 ...

After the revolution of 1789, French citizens sought uniform weights and measures throughout the nation. The National Assembly and subsequent national governments commissioned the Paris Academy of ...

the American Revolution in 1776 and the French Revolution in 1789. The French Revolution would have an enormous impact in Ireland and on Belfast in particular. The revolution sent shockwaves ...

On July 14, 1789, a mob of angry Parisians stormed ... of feudalism and the rise of equality and a new world order. The French Revolution is a definitive feature-length documentary that ...