ideologies and results.
French and Glorious revolutions were two revolutions where people rebelled agains the
monarch and got read of absolute monarchy. However, they were different in terms of
peoples and monarch behavior
The Glorious Revolution: in 1603 James came to power. He did not followed Elizabeth
the I Monarchic majesty.
He was a monarch that believed that devine right came from god. This contradicted
peoples will and laws, like the law that sad that property could not be takes with out
reason. This son Charles II followed this ideas and worked with out parliament that brought
England to economic crisis. However Charles I supported …show more content…
People were unhappy with the King Louis XVI and
Marie Antoinette because they ignored demands of peasants. Most of people were
peasants. They had to work for lords and pat taxes when The clergy and nobles did not.
The tension between 2nd and 3rd estate rise, and ended by peasants revolting agains
nobles. Finally, Louis XVI agreed to have a kiting with the representatives of all 3 estates
to talk about taxed, because France was in huge crisis. When the meeting of Estate
happened, Louis gave unfair vote. The estate general turned in the National Assembly.
Angry 3rd Estate occupied the tennis court in Versailles and sad they that would not leave
before they create a new constitution. Louis sends military troops to Paris. That made
people revolt. Parisians destroyed the Bastille and marched to Paris demanding queens
head. At eh same time peasants started to attack nobles houses, burning the feudal
obligations and refused to pay taxes. This is known as the "Great Fear". At the end all the
privileges like: hunting right, fees for justice, monopolies, peasants work abuse were
taken from nobles and clergy. In August 1789 the National Assembly made