The majority of those who marched to the Bastille were unskilled laborers such as shop keepers, artisans and other low-wage earners who were basically taxed the majority of their wages on bread alone and hence the previous riots, thusly leading to march at the Bastille in search of weapons to aid their militia. The percentage of their wages these people had to give up on just bread was ridiculous, plus the constant increase in the price between 1730 and 1790 was even more ridiculous. At one point, at about 1788 the price of a kilogram of wheat (the key ingredient in bread) was about 20 franks,...

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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...

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They stopped firing and let down the bridge to give an apology. ... This caused the price of bread to rise. Bread was one of the major foods for peasants. ... These departments were responsible for maintaining public order, charging taxes, give out laws, and look after the education system and the poor. ...

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The price of bread began to increase which led to the starvation of many people, known as bread riots. ... Spanish ruled the Philippines since the sixteenth century and this Spanish colonial government used the Filipinos in times of hardship while giving them no voice. ...

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The financial crisis that existed lofted inflation to great heights which although benefited some of the more industrial manufacturers, was a huge burden to the peasantry. 1789 saw over 80 percent of an average peasant's household income going to purchasing bread alone. ... Marx's famous quote from the Communist Manifesto (1848) demonstrates this when he tells the workers of the world to unite, as "you have nothing to lose but your chains- , gives us an instant insight into the Marxist perspective, and demonstrates how it was class antagonisms that led to the founding of a new ord...

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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. ...

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People were starving, the nobles were fleeing, and on July 14th, 1789 the bread wagons were empty. ... The American Revolution ended with a government most people could agree with, it was centralized, and did not give majority power to anyone because of a system of checks and balances. ...

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French citizens appreciated the law and order brought about by his regime however, so it can be argued that people were willing to give up liberty for "equality, fraternity ", yet it seems Napoleon was virtually a king. ... His regime introduced limits on grain exports (due to poor harvests) in 1811 and placed price limits on bread and grain in 1812, much like the revolutionary governments such as "The Assembly " and "The Convention " . ...

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