Before the French Revolution, many people lived without rights, and were thought of property.
While Louis XIV ruled, he ruled for power, and started a total of 7 wars. He wanted power, and each war put France in more and more debt, but he went into war to get rid of the debt, and it never worked.
Economy was low in France, and it was not healthy, with poor harvests, and food transportation was bad. And since the Catholic Church owned most of the land in France, they add taxes to crops, which made bread expensive, which made the lower and middle class go into starvation and poverty. Nearly 40 000 children were abandoned a year because of this. Which of course made all upper class people who could afford food and such live lavishly.
There were three largely known philosophers, Rousseau, Voltaire, and Montesquieu.
Voltaire believed that Monarchy was good, and hated in justice. Montesquieu believed that the ruler should work with elected parliaments. And Rousseau, one of the most famous ones out of these three believed that society needed a social contract, much like the human rights, for all to agree to and follow. Most of his ideas have lived in into the 20th century.
France never really had much of the way of rights, most people who were allowed to read or write, were people who had a lot of money. Slavery was also quite a large thing in France. And not everyone was treated equal.
There were several outcomes caused by the French Revolution, such as the rise of Napoleon Bonaparte, along with the Abolition of the French monarchy.
Napoleon Bonaparte didn’t make any matters any better. After Louis XIV was executed, and Napoleon Bonaparte became the new leader, the debts vanished, but he was a horrid ruler.
Though, he was a great Military Commander, which made France have a stronger army.
One of the largest issues in France of the time of the Revolution was slavery. They brought in the poor and the weak and made them work for them. The slaves were not treated equal, they didn’t feel safe, nor did they feel they were being treated equally. Like Article 4 in The Universal Declaration of Human Rights,
“No one shall be held in slavery or servitude; slavery and the slave trade shall be prohibited in all their forms.”
Other common rights that we just don’t think about, because they seem so obvious to us is Article 5;
“No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.”
Of course Article 4 and 5 fit together. Slaves were often beaten, or were degraded in some way or another, either physically or verbally. But more often or not, both.
Slavery is still happening today in other countries, less so than North America.
The Revolution did change the Human Rights, and did change the world around it. It was neither good or bad, it all depends on how you look at the facts.
While Louis XIV ruled, he ruled for power, and started a total of 7 wars. He wanted power, and each war put France in more and more debt, but he went into war to get rid of the debt, and it never worked.
Economy was low in France, and it was not healthy, with poor harvests, and food transportation was bad. And since the Catholic Church owned most of the land in France, they add taxes to crops, which made bread expensive, which made the lower and middle class go into starvation and poverty. Nearly 40 000 children were abandoned a year because of this. Which of course made all upper class people who could afford food and such live lavishly.
There were three largely known philosophers, Rousseau, Voltaire, and Montesquieu.
Voltaire believed that Monarchy was good, and hated in justice. Montesquieu believed that the ruler should work with elected parliaments. And Rousseau, one of the most famous ones out of these three believed that society needed a social contract, much like the human rights, for all to agree to and follow. Most of his ideas have lived in into the 20th century.
France never really had much of the way of rights, most people who were allowed to read or write, were people who had a lot of money. Slavery was also quite a large thing in France. And not everyone was treated equal.
There were several outcomes caused by the French Revolution, such as the rise of Napoleon Bonaparte, along with the Abolition of the French monarchy.
Napoleon Bonaparte didn’t make any matters any better. After Louis XIV was executed, and Napoleon Bonaparte became the new leader, the debts vanished, but he was a horrid ruler.
Though, he was a great Military Commander, which made France have a stronger army.
One of the largest issues in France of the time of the Revolution was slavery. They brought in the poor and the weak and made them work for them. The slaves were not treated equal, they didn’t feel safe, nor did they feel they were being treated equally. Like Article 4 in The Universal Declaration of Human Rights,
“No one shall be held in slavery or servitude; slavery and the slave trade shall be prohibited in all their forms.”
Other common rights that we just don’t think about, because they seem so obvious to us is Article 5;
“No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.”
Of course Article 4 and 5 fit together. Slaves were often beaten, or were degraded in some way or another, either physically or verbally. But more often or not, both.
Slavery is still happening today in other countries, less so than North America.
The Revolution did change the Human Rights, and did change the world around it. It was neither good or bad, it all depends on how you look at the facts.