The most main cause of the French Revolution was the need of the middle class people to gain some form of power in the government to protect their rights against the powerful monarch. One of the reasons they needed more power is because of the injustice in the amount of taxes each person mu...
There were fourteen women among those arrested during the protests against the steep rise in prices of flour and bread, other wise known as the 'flour war' of 1775. ... The women were determined to lower the bread prices and punish the royal officer who insulted their revolutionary cockade. ... They proceeded to take over the National Legislature, demanding a guaranteed supply of affordable bread, and passed mock legislation. ...
Three months after the Storming of the Bastille, on October 5, 1789, hundreds of women marched through Paris in protest of the bread shortage, and the inflation of bread prices. ... The women decided to march straight toward the Versailles to give to the King directly there list of grievances. ...
When capitalism was tried the price of foods and many other necessities inflated such as bread creating furious mobs, the mobs were out of control revolting and ravaging bakeries. ... They could do this because Rousseau believed in joining together as one super power by giving up your life, liberty, and property. This way the citizens loose their rights in this stage to give everything to the committee. Robespierre and the committee practically led every aspect of the economy during this stage, therefore giving them all the power. ...
The Illusion of Utopia Matthew E. Hudson April 20, 2002 INTRODUCTION Since the beginning of history, man has tried to devise a perfect political system. Plato designed a utopian Republic, while Karl Marx radically changed the face of the earth by offering up a secular state that is supp...
