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but the French Revolution was lead by the bourgeoisie from the start. In May 1789, King Louis XVI called a meeting of the Estates-General, to try and find a solution to France’s financial problems.

The French Revolution of 1789 not only propelled all of Europe into a war, but also touched off slave uprisings in the Caribbean. On Saint Domingue, the free people of color began the chain of ...

After the revolution of 1789, French citizens sought uniform weights and measures throughout the nation. The National Assembly and subsequent national governments commissioned the Paris Academy of ...

AC Unity takes place in the early days of the French Revolution—1789 onwards. By rights, it shouldn't be there. "The Unity team researched [the spire's] predecessor, a shorter wooden spire ...

The annual Bastille Day parade - marking the storming of the Bastille prison in 1789, an event that helped spark the French Revolution ... civic duty and national unity among French youth.

Assassin’s Creed Unity teams up with famed musician and Master of Horror Rob Zombie to depict the chaotic and brutal events behind the French Revolution. Illustrated by The Walking Dead co ...

By 1789 France was broke ... ignited one of the greatest social upheavals in Western history, the French Revolution. Violence spread to the countryside, where peasants demanded the feudal system ...

the American Revolution in 1776 and the French Revolution in 1789. The French Revolution would have an enormous impact in Ireland and on Belfast in particular. The revolution sent shockwaves ...