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French Revolution Discussion
In a similar perspective, all the autocratic rules in Prussia, Austria, Russia, and France had their dominance based on social segregation. In all these regimes, the aristocracy and the nobles had political dominance over the lower class. They all introduced education in their authoritarian rule to provide European civilization in their countries (Duiker & Spielvogel, 2012). However, education was based on the social segregation, which marked the term “enlightened monarchs.” For instance, Cathreen the great, peter the great and the Hungarian Joseph Two.
In what came to be described as the revolutionary situation, the main cause of the French revolution was the total condition of displeasure by peasants against the king. The poor rulers such as Louis XVI, and the aristocracy was living expensively at the expense of the low class majority citizens who became vocal in the revolution against social inequality (Duiker & Spielvogel, 2012). Another cause was the political conflict that the monarch had with the nobility of the land and the need for the reformations on the tax systems. These two led to a situation that led to bankruptcy and economic paralysis; another cause of the revolution.
The results of the revolution led to changes in social equality and observance of civil rights as well as participation of the civilians in elections. Moreover, the special fiscal privileges enjoyed by the nobility and the aristocrats were abolished after the revolution. In addition, the revolution led to political changes such as the introduction of representative government alongside authoritarian as seen in the Terror and Napoleonic regimes (Duiker & Spielvogel, 2012). However, the Napoleonic regimes became a return to the old regimes due to the concentration of economic resources to the Napoleonic wars. This marked a perceived return to authoritarian domination of the rulers over the people.
References
Duiker, W., & Spielvogel, J. (2012). World History. 7th Edition. Stamford, CT: Cengage
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