The French Revolution and Democracy

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The paper asks the question if the French revolution was a revolution of all classes of society against the old system of government. It continues to answer this question through a detailed historical study of the cause and effect of the revolution and the exploration of the importance of democracy.

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"Historically, the country of France was greatly changed by the Industrial Revolution which altered France from an agrarian nation to one based on industry, being the production of goods and commodities and the manufacture of machines that in many instances replaced manual labor. The lowest economic class, the proletariat, "was the most affected because of the absence of any way to profit from their own labor which forced them to sell their labor while being paid low wages" (Price 1987, pg. 198). Of course, this new industrialization greatly aided the bourgeois elite who wanted to keep their private investments and properties while the lower classes suffered under extreme conditions of poverty and want. Thus, the proletariat classes revolted against the bourgeois which brought about the first events of the French Revolution in 1789."

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