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This is the question you need to focus upon for this paper. You might believe that this event was a total transformation or you might believe that there was not a great deal of substantial change. And, then again, there might be a bit of both. You just need to explain your point of view and provide specific examples, as well as citations from the text and the primary sources you use.

In answering this question, you need to consider the causes of the Revolution and the substantive changes that took place.

Your essay should be at least 1200 words and should include two citations from the text and two from the primary sources to be read for this assignment. I don't want any more citations than this, as I want to hear your ideas and words. Choose compelling quotes from the text and the primary sources.

Citations should be properly document according

to MLA or APA style, this includes your in-text citations and your Works Cited

(MLA) or

Required Course Textbook(s):

Hunt, Lynn, et al. The Making of the West Peoples ad Cultures, 5th edition. New York: Bedford/St. Martin’s, 2016.

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Writing Assignment 1 The French Revolution was a pivotal event in the history of Europe in the 18th century. And, the actions of this period in history seemed to represent rapid departures from traditional political, economic , and social ways of doing things. As you read about the French Revolution, respond to this question: “What was so revolutionary about the French Revolution?” This is the question you need to focus upon for this paper. You might believe that this event was a total transformation or you might believe that there was not a great deal of substantial change. And, then again, there might be a bit of both. You just need to explain your point of view and provide specific examples, as well as citations from the text and the primary sources you use. In answering this question, you need to consider the causes of the Revolution and the substantive changes that took place. Your essay should be at least 1200 words and should include two citations from the text and two from the primary sources to be read for this assignment. I don't want any more citations than this, as I want to hear your ideas and words. Choose compelling quotes from the text and the primary sources. Citations should be properly document according to MLA or APA style, this includes your in-text citations and your Works Cited (MLA) or References (APA) page. Correct citations are important for the assessment of your paper. ****************************************************************************** ******* Some primary sources to be read and considered for this assignment include the following. You can also find other primary readings and you can consider paintings and other visual depictions of the times as primary sources. Cahiers (list of grievances) of the Third Estate http://history.hanover.edu/texts/cahiers3.html Declaration of the Rights of Women http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1791degouge1.html Declaration of the rights of man http://avalon.law.yale.edu/18th_century/rightsof.asp Imperial Catechism, 1806 http://sourcebooks.fordham.edu/mod/1806catechism-napoleon.asp Required Course Textbook(s): Hunt, Lynn, et al. The Making of the West Peoples ad Cultures, 5th edition. New York: Bedford/St. Martin’s, 2016.
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What was so revolutionary about the French Revolution?

The French Revolution is the political, social and economic movement that arose in
France in 1789, and which brought as consequence, the collapse of the absolutist monarchy,
that until then reigned and which, in turn, originated the definitive establishment of the
democratic republican government.
France was ruled by an absolute monarchy that governed with unlimited power. The
king, who thought himself appointed by God to govern, proceeded arbitrarily, for he did not
give any account of his actions to anyone; spent as and when he wanted the income of the
state; appointed officials; declared war and signed peace; dictated laws; created taxes, and he
could even dispose of the property of his subjects when he deemed it convenient. There was
no individual Liberty, for the sovereign could order the arrest of any citizen without a
justified cause; Nor was there freedom of conscience and worship and no book or newspaper
could be published except under the control of censorship. On the other hand, the laws, which
were diverse, were not applied equally thus, we have that for the same crime the penalty was
not the same as a nobleman and a peasant.
Precisely because of innumerable causes, including economic, such as high inflation,
rising bread, poor harvests,“…the French Revolution had its immediate origins in a
constitutional crisis provoked by a growing government deficit, traceable to French
involvement in the American War of...