Topic : France In Revolution, 1789-1968: The major revolutions, the differences between them.
             The French Revolution was a series of political acts that began in 1789 by reformers in the French Government to take away the absolute power of the King and rich landowners and form a Government elected by the people of France (a Republic). During this period the state's financial crisis brought a social turmoil, triggering the Revolution. The slogan of this Revolution was 'Liberty, Equality and Fraternity". On July 14th, a Parisian mob revolted and stormed the Bastille, symbol of the old regime, and overthrew the monarchy.
             A few weeks later, the revolutionaries enacted the "Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen". All Frenchmen were declared equal and free. Public offices and employment opportunities were open to all. By 1793, several groups had formed within the Government. Louis XVI was guillotined. The Terror regime of Robespierre and his Committee of Public Safety brought turmoil, confusion and anarchy in France. The Revolution ends in1799 when Napoleon Bonaparte entered Paris and was crowned the First Consul. Napoleon, a brilliant politician and a military genius was crowned the Emperor of France in 1804.
             Napoleon then worked on reorganizing France. He made local government more efficient and highly centralized. The 'Code of Napoleon' was instituted. The Concordant was signed with the Vatican. He started numerous military campaigns, which almost gave him the control of the entire European continent. But after his first defeat in war against Russia in 1812 and then in Waterloo in 1815, he was replaced by Louis XVIII. Very soon Louis XVIII's constitutional monarchy was overthrown under Charles X.
             In July 1830, Charles X, conservatism was a reminiscence of the old regime which lead to Pro-Republic Revolution. Legislature preferred a constitutional monarchy hen...