The French Revolution

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This paper presents an historical analysis of the causes and the effects of the French Revolution and then considers whether or not the revolution can be deemed a success. The paper describes three issues as the primary causes of the French Revolution and three primary results of the revolution as well. Finally, the paper concludes that the revolution did have a positive effect on the world, at least to the degree that the positive weighs equally with the negative backlash it created.

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"No moment in history stands alone, but each builds surely from the moments before it. The French Revolution and its aftermath was no exception. In many ways it sprang from the undeniable and unswayable forces of modernization, toppling a system which was dying under its own weight and intrinsically unable to adapt and survive in the new economic and philosophical reality. One could argue that this violent overthrow of the old aristocracy was the inevitable outcome of modernization and the arrival of the bourgeoisie class. The war was caused by the financial and social collapse of the old regime and the disappointed hopes of a people who had been inspired by the enlightenment; its effects were far reaching and terrible in their bloody implications, and its overall effect upon the world is hopelessly drawn between the good and ill."

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