French Revolution Visual Source Analysis

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Within ‘Working with Evidence’, each visual source portrayed the French Revolution in different ways. To begin visual source 16.1 (The Patriotic Snack, Reunion of the Three Estates), presents three estates interacting with each other over lunch. In the background, there are five peasants hunting, which might have been a common thing in France before the revolution. Located by the name of the source is the date the picture was created (August 4, 1789), which is the year the revolution began. This source portrays the equality of all men, presenting a positive view of the revolution. In visual source 16.2 (A Reversal of Roles: The Three Estates of Revolutionary France), the view of the revolution shifted. The third estate (peasant) is breaking

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