FrEnCh ReVoLuTiOn

One of the most well known revolutions of all time is the French Revolution of 1789. It “affected all of Europe and left marks on the Middle East, India, North and South America, and other parts of the globe that Europeans explored, colonized, and exploited.”(French 1) The best theory of how it started is that the Revolution of 1789 came from a political crisis that brought upon an economic breakdown. But one of the most critical reasons why this revolution took place was the people who were associated with it.
The king at the time of the revolution was Louis XVI. His support of the American Revolution drained France into a financial and economic crisis and encouraged the desire for liberty in his own country. But he wasn’t interested in solving the country’s problems, and was unable to accept a new constitutional monarchy. His unsuitability to rule was proved when he attempted to flee the country in 1791. “When the National Convention declared France a republic in 1792, Lou...