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Documentário da revolução francesa em inglês

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THE FRENCH REVOLUTION

The situation of France in the eighteenth century was of extreme social injustice in the age of the Old Regime. At that time France was divided into three States. The Third State was formed by urban workers, peasants and the petty bourgeoisie. Taxes were paid only by this social segment in order to maintain the luxuries of the nobility. France was an absolutist country at this time. The king ruled with absolute powers, controlling the economy, justice, politics and even the religion of subjects. The lives of workers and peasants were extremely miserable, so they wanted improvements in the quality of life and work. The bourgeoisie, despite having a better social condition, wanted greater political participation and more economic freedom in its work. The French Revolution: The Fall of the Bastille The social situation was so serious and the level of popular discontent so great that the people took to the streets in order to seize power and wrest from the government the monarchy commanded by King Louis XVI. The first target of the revolutionaries was the Bastille. The Fall of the Bastille on 07/07/1789 marks the beginning of the revolutionary process, since political prison was the symbol of the French monarchy. Inspired by the Enlightenment movement, the motto of the revolutionaries was "Freedom, Equality and Fraternity", for it summed up very well the wishes of the Third French State. During the revolutionary process, much of the nobility left France, but the royal family was captured while trying to flee the country. Prisoners, members of the monarchy, including King Louis XVI and his wife Marie Antoinette were guillotined in 1793. The clergy also did not go unpunished, as the assets of the Church were confiscated during the revolution. The Constituent Assembly: The Constitutional Monarchy In August 1789, the Constituent Assembly canceled all existing feudal rights and promulgated the Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen. This important document brought significant social advances, guaranteeing equal rights to citizens, and greater political participation for the people. However, although it was revolutionary, the Declaration did not recognize women's equality and did not grant them citizenship rights.