i'm writing an essay on the french revolution. i started it & it's pretty good, but it needs to be longer, & i need more info. anyone know anything about when/where it began, main figures, how it ended, results of the revolution and why it was significant, or where i can get this information in a short, sweet & to -the-point way rather than a freaking 10-page wikipedia page, i'd really appreciate it=]
Although interpretive differences remain important, one can summarize the national history of the origins of the French Revolution with a chronology of several central events. On August 8, 1788, Louis XVI and his advisers decided to give in to pressures and summon the old medieval legislative body of the realm, the Estates General, which had not met since 1614. After a complicated and controversial procedure to select delegates, the Estates General opened at Versailles on May 5, 1789. To prepare for the meeting, men and women throughout the countryside drew up cahiers de doléances or lists of grievances they wanted their delegates to discuss. After considerable controversy, the Estates General included a double representation of the Third Estate of commoners so that it consisted of 300 First Estate or clerical representatives, 300 Second Estate or noble representatives, and 600 commoners. On June 17, 1789, after a conflict over whether or not deliberations should take place by Estate or as one common body and over whether or not votes should be cast by Estate or by each member individually, the Third Estate separated itself from the other two, declared itself the National Assembly, and invited members from the other estates to join it. Enough delegates did so to force the king to reluctantly declare the National Assembly a reality. thats what i know about it
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the beginning wasn't as important to me as everything else, but you sure know how to help!
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