French Revolution Dbq

The French Revolution was a nightmare for the European political and government system. The French revolution happened because of bad decisions made by past monarch, high taxes, and inequality. Then Napoleon had gradually became a dictator of France and tried to take over all of Europe. After Russia had defeated Napoleon the Great powers wanted no more revolutions or war. The conclusion of my decision is the the revolutions of 1848 was not a turning point in European political and social history;monarchy stayed a primary government.

The challenges that absolutism had to face was nationalism, constitutionalism, and liberalism. If European politics had those beliefs running the government there would be no need for monarchy. The people felt that

Women and children were working in places where there had smoke, loud noises, and was dirty. The smoke went straight into their lungs since there was no windows. The smoke contain chemicals that was most likely fatal to the human body triggering mutations in the DNA. Then the fact that they started work as young as six for twelve hours for seven days a week is horrific. Then finally parliament passed the Factory Act of 1847 regulating the work schedule for women and children. This alone could have caused a revolt in Britain if the Factory Act of 1847 was not passed. The new machinery was able to replace human labour for it could work at anytime without break and twice as fast as an average person. Since most jobs were no skill,education,or practice required anyone could be replaced. Which is why people stayed working in such horribly conditions for the fear of being replaced; no one could complain to the boss. The effect of unemployment caused the head of the family to commit crimes such stealing food, medicine, and break and entry. These crimes were committed for poor families needed to survive in a world where money

Women wanted to be treated with equal rights which caused Mary Wollstonecraft to write the Vindication of the Rights of Women and Olympe de Gouges to write The Declaration of the rights of women. Olympe was then guillotined for counterrevolutionary actions. There was also a Women’s March to Versailles for the lower class women were tired of high price bread and low wages. They forced the royal family to go with them to show them how bad it was. Women were continuously fighting for equal rights beside men who belittled them. The lower classes also wanted equal voting rights for all men. Only the elite male population was allowed to vote representatives for parliament. The middle felt the injustices of it and felt the need to protest for their right to