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FRENCH REVOLUTION (PART II) So in this article I will tell you what happened when France moved from Absolute Monarchy to Constitutional Monarchy.  READ PART I BEFORE IT. In August 1789 the National Assembly declared Rights of Men and Rights of Citizen. It is considered as one of the most important document in the world. It was a statement of intent for constitution and based on the idea of enlightenment.There are total 17 articles in this document. The concept of Liberty, Equality and Fraternity were enshrined in this document. One of the famous article in this says “ Men are born free and remain free and equal in rights” (means it doesn’t matter wherever you are born, you will have equal rights and you will be equally free). The basic drawback of this declaration was that it didn’t give any rights to women and slaves; even they weren’t considered as citizens. Women were considered as passive citizen hence didn’t have right to vote. In October 1789 th...

FRENCH REVOLUTION (PART I) So in this article you will learn everything about French Revolution in details.How it happened? , What were the causes?, What happened after that? This is Part 1 of the article.   WHAT WAS IT? French revolution was actually a 10 year period of events in France from 1789 to 1799 due to which a wide range of Social and Political changes occurred. The Revolution abolished Monarchy, made France a republic and ended in dictatorship of Napoleon. (1). CAUSES OF FRENCH REVOLUTION:- ·          POLITICAL ·          SOCIAL ·          ECONOMIC ·          INTELLECTUAL POLITICAL : Ruling dynasty of France was Bourbon Dynasty. We will start our story when Louis 14 th (1643-1715) was the ruler of France. ·          Louis 14 th : (i) He ...