The capture of the Bastille ignited one of the greatest social upheavals in Western history, the French Revolution. Violence spread to the countryside, where peasants demanded the feudal system be ...

In the late 1700s, the King of France, Louis XVI, ruled with absolute power over his people. This was a country ... much more than simply a mob. The French Revolution would be led by shopkeepers ...

There are many reasons for a political revolution. People might feel ... throughout history. The French Revolution began in 1789, following two decades of poor harvests, drought, cattle disease ...