French Revolution
The French Revolution The French Revolution was one of the most crucial events in European history. ... Questioning the authority of kings, priests, and nobles presented itself as a triumph in its early stages but later proved to be a revolution of senseless revenge. The determination and revenge of the French population, led the citizens of France to seek change through natural rights, force and radical movements, culminating into a revolutionary nature. The French Revolution was based mostly on the Third Estate’s desire to obtain natural rights through liberty and equality. France’s social system was set up in such a way that it was only a matter of time before a revolution took place. ... Ideas of liberty and equality sprung up with the onset of the American Revolution and the Enlightenment, paving the way for the third estate to change France’s system of government. This led to revolutionary change in the moderate stage of the revolution. Changes brought about in the French Revolution were sudden in nature. ... The symbolic event was known as ‘The Storming of the Bastille’ and it symbolized that tyranny had fallen and that a revolution had begun.