History French Revolution 

Revolution definition -forceful overthrow of the gov-not always violent 

Example of Violent revolution- apartheid 
Started 1789
Famous philosophers- Aristotle
Causes of the French Revolution 
(Kind of causes)
 internal causes (everything in the country)(political system,economic etc)
 external causes (countries conflict,pressure from other countries)
 Long term causes (takes place over a long time,pressure can build)
 Short term causes (
   -external causes 

Political causes
-the monarch-king Louis xvi and queen Marie Antoinette
-divine by decree
-ruled by decree 
-they ruled with complete power 
-parliment just advices him
-absolute monarch 
 the king had the right to appoint anyone to and dismiss anyone 
 Anyone who raised a dif idea he got rid of
The church 
-incredible powerful
 separate form the state  
 they own a lot of land
 don’t have to pay taxes 
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Intellectual causes 
-philosophical revolution (ideas/thinking 
-questioning/challenging 
-the end result was a shift in mindset 
-they questioning diving right 
-they can’t move up in society (social hirachy)
-aspects of ruling by decree absolute monarchy