There were many key events in the French history, but none as history defining as the French Revolution. Discovering the events of the Revolution and their causes, it is then easier to understand why things happened the way they did. During the 18th century, France was ruled by a series of Kings t...

France and the Revolution The primary issue that plagued France during the period leading up to the "Tennis Court Oath" and the "Oath Abolishing Feudalism" was the disparity between the different social classes in French society. One driving force of this disparity was the am...

There were numerous events at the turn of the nineteenth century. They can be best characterized as the French Revolution, Napoleon's reign, and the Congress of Vienna. The French Revolution consisted of the numerous revolts of the Third Estate against the monarch, Louis XVI. Napoleon's...