On August 26, 1789, the assembly issued the Declaration of Rights of Man and Citizen: Men are born and remain free and equal in rights. […]

The King ordered to lock the hall where the next meeting of the third Estates was scheduled to be held. Consequently, in June 1789, the […]

Meeting of the Estates-General On May 5th, 1789, Louis XVI was forced to convene the Estates General meeting after a gap of 175 years with […]

Although the king recognized the National Assembly, they decided to suppress it. A large number of soldiers were brought to Versailles and Paris. On hearing […]

National Assembly was the name of the Revolutionary assembly formed by representatives of the Third Estate. Number of clerical deputies and liberal nobles had also […]

BACKGROUND France was ruled by a dynasty called House of Bourbon, which firmly believed in Political absolutism and the Divine Right theory. Louis XIV (1638 […]

INTRODUCTION The French Revolution of 1789 inaugurated a new era in the history of mankind. It introduced for the first time the idea of republicanism […]

The American Revolution had a tremendous effect on Europe. It not only served as an inspiration for France, but also demonstrated that the liberal political […]

POLITICAL CHANGES It gave birth to a new nation, the United State of America. Under the Treaty of Paris (1783), England acknowledged the independence of […]

POLITICAL CAUSES Neither representation of Americans in the legislature nor did they have any rights to present their point of views in British Parliament. Local […]