On June 17, 1789, after Louis denied its petition for a one man-one ... one of the greatest social upheavals in Western history, the French Revolution. Violence spread to the countryside, where ...
In the late 1700s, the King of France, Louis XVI, ruled with absolute power over his people. This was a country in which the rich powerful aristocracy and the church enjoyed endless privileges ...
In fact, France’s support for the revolutionaries in the American War of Independence had a far greater impact on its ... the French commoners against the monarchy, but the French Revolution ...