Dbq French Revolution

There have been many revolutions throughout history, such as The French Revolution where the unsatisfied wealthy commoners fought for equality and rights against the government. The ideas that the rebellious groups fought for came from an intellectual and philosophical movement during the 1700s called the Enlightenment. During the Enlightenment, the way a perfect government should function changed from an absolute monarch, to separated and equal governing powers, and that people must tolerate religious skepticism such as deism and/or secularity because all people deserve the right to say and believe whatever they want. Even though there are other factors, the three biggest and most common factors that cause revolutions are inequality, economic ruin, and a disapproved

totalitarian leader.
The French Revolution occurred during the late 1700s when citizens of France got rid of the monarchy system.

Before the revolution the social structure was three estates consisting of religious leaders at the top, nobles in the middle, and commoners at the bottom. The third estate had two groups, the poor, and the wealthy but not highborn. These wealthier commoners are referred to as bourgeoisie. Of course there was social inequality existing in the system, such as how only the third estate was obligated to pay taxes so high that they could not support themselves, they were also liable to paying tithes to the church, but that money was pocketed by the clergy. Another example of inequality before the Revolution was hunger. Bread at the time was the main source of food for the citizens of France, it was the king’s job to distribute it to his subjects. In order to make sure food is suitably rationed, the markets followed regulated prices and number they could sell per family. But the order fell apart and the regulation was destroyed allowing bread to be either too expensive, poor in quality, or out of stock. The richer citizens hoarded all the bread creating a starvation period among the poorer

citizens.
Before the American Revolution, colonists felt proud to be an extension of the greatest country of the time. The colonists noticed groups of people already living near the colonies so they decided to get rid of them causing the King to lose money when he supplying boats, food, and armed soldiers. The problem started when the King started to implement high taxes on the colonists to get out of this economic trouble, which enraged the colonists because they had no representation in the government and therefore lacking rights.
Before the Russian Revolution most of the Russian population were farmers living in villages. Russia had a feudal system where peasants, worked on land that was owned by their lord in return for protection and food. The peasants paid taxes and gave their harvest to their lord as feudal dues, after paying debts farms barely had enough money and crop to sustain themselves. After Russia’s slow industrialization, towns and villages grew into cities when many workers decided to quit farming and to start working at factories, but there were too many workers causing houses to have many people in a small space. Factory bosses also were greedy causing them to give unsuitable wages and bad working conditions, and all those who protested were exiled or killed.