the French Revolution. Violence spread to the countryside, where peasants demanded the feudal system be dismantled. Fearing powerlessness, the nobility and landowners joined the National Assembly.

It brought together 1200 delegates from the clergy (the First Estate), the nobility (the Second Estate ... While the motto of the French revolution was “liberty, equality, fraternity ...

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 ...

The French Revolution would be led by shopkeepers ... Very quickly they abolished all the privileges of the aristocracy. They insisted on fair taxes and they took on the incredibly wealthy ...