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2 giorni fa · The Revolution was the result of multiple long-term and short-term factors that culminated in a social, economic, financial and political crisis in the late 1780s. Combined with resistance to reform by the ruling elite, and indecisive policy by Louis XVI and his ministers, the state was unable to manage the crisis.
- 5 May 1789 – 9 November 1799, (10 years, 6 months, and 4 days)
5 giorni fa · The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica. Last Updated: May 17, 2024 • Article History. Louis XVI: execution by guillotine. Also called: Revolution of 1789. Date: 1787 - 1799. Location: France. Participants: bourgeoisie. Montagnard. peasant. philosophe. sansculotte. Major Events: Coup of 18–19 Brumaire. Civil Constitution of the Clergy.
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- The French Revolution was a period of major social upheaval that began in 1787 and ended in 1799. It sought to completely change the relationship b...
- There were many reasons. The bourgeoisie—merchants, manufacturers, professionals—had gained financial power but were excluded from political power....
- King Louis XVI of France yielded to the idea of a new constitution and to the sovereignty of the people but at the same time sent emissaries to the...
- In some respects, the French Revolution did not succeed. But the ideas of representational democracy and basic property rights took hold, and it so...
1 giorno fa · List of revolutions and rebellions - Wikipedia. Contents. hide. (Top) BC. 1–999 AD. 1000–1499. 1500–1699. 1700–1799. 1800–1849. 1850–1899. 1900s. 1910s. 1920s. 1930s. 1940s. 1950s. 1960s. 1970s. 1980s. 1990s. 2000s. 2010s. 2020s. See also. Notes. References. List of revolutions and rebellions.
2 giorni fa · By the late 1780s, 87% of the sugar, 95% of the coffee, and 76% of the indigo imported to Bordeaux from the Caribbean was being re-exported. Cádiz was the commercial hub for export of French printed fabrics to India, the Americas and the Antilles (coffee, sugar, tobacco, American cotton), and Africa (the slave trade), centered in ...
9 mag 2024 · American Revolution. Siege of Yorktown. Jean-Baptiste-Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau (born July 1, 1725, Vendôme, France—died May 10, 1807, Thoré) was a French general who supported the American Revolution by commanding French forces that helped defeat the British in the Siege of Yorktown, Virginia (1781).
3 giorni fa · Rethinking the Age of Reform: Britain 1780-1850. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2003, ISBN: 521823943X; 359pp.; Price: £45.00. ‘It is time to effect a revolution in female manners’ declared the Vindication of the Rights of Woman in 1792 ‘– time to restore to them their lost dignity – and make them, as a part of the human ...
30 apr 2024 · The papers of statesman, publisher, scientist, and diplomat Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) consist of approximately 8,000 items spanning the years 1726 to 1907, with most dating from the 1770s and 1780s.
