There was absolute monarchy reigning in France in the XVIII century. The power was concentrated in hands of the First and Second Estate, while the Third Estate did not have enough influence to participate in governing the country. Such a situation led to the discontent of middle, lower and working class that wanted to be heard. Consequently, the French Revolution of 1789-1799 pursued the following goals: reaching justice and equality in society, limiting power of the monarchy and aristocracy, extending influence of the lower class, creating a constitution. Not all the goals were achieved but there was a great success on the way to reaching them.
King Louis XVI was forced to provide the Third Estate with power and influence by the storm of Bastille. Bastille is the largest and the most famous French prison, which had been a symbol of suppression of lower classes for ages. A group of commoners dared storm the prison on 14th of July in 1789. This event provided the Third Estate with more power.
However, freedom and equality were not reached. The Third Estate developed and introduced the Civil Constitution, which appeared quite radical, providing the lower class with rights and freedom and limiting influence of monarchy and aristocracy. This means that the French Revolution succeeded in getting rights and relative freedom for the lower class but it did not reach the whole goal. For example, freedom for slavery in French colonies led to a disaster because slaves did not know what to do when they got this freedom.
Despite of all the achievements, the French Revolution gradually failed. The Third Estate, which was named the National Assembly, tried to protect the ideas of revolution and to save own power by pursuing people, who criticized the revolt, sentencing them to prisons and to death. This led to mistrust and disappointment of the lower class. To sum up, the French Revolution was not successful at reaching all the goals but it was a great step to creating a democratic society, which influenced history of the whole humanity.
What natural resources does bolivia possess in abundance that has yet not been exploited?
A. oil
B. copper
C. natural gas
D. bauxite
Answer is C
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One of the main achievements of the Babylonian Empire was the establishment of the world's first written law code.
Thirteenth fourteenth and fifteenth amendments are called the reconstruction amendments which aimed to achieve political equality in the American society.
Explanation:
The purpose of the thirteenth amendment was to abolish slavery and annihilate serving someone involuntarily. Fourteenth amendment advocates rights of an american citizen and fifteenth amendment proclaimed that all citizens are equal to vote in United States of America.
These amendments were called reconstruction amendments because it was significant in transforming united states which was partially free and partially slave states to a country on which liberty and equality was bestowed without any disparity on all citizens of US.
