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Anyone who has read Charles Dickens’s A Tale of Two Cities will have an excellent understanding of the causes of the French Revolution. In fact, his opening line of the book says it all. “It was the best of times; it was the worst of times.” For the aristocracy in France it certainly was the best of times. This group ruled the country, exploited the masses, and had no concern for the poverty, the starvation, and the horrible living conditions they endured. It was the worst of times for the masses – no way out of their poverty, doomed to a life of struggling for every piece of food and clothing they could get. King Louis XIV and wife Marie Antoinette seemed oblivious to the suffering of their people. The whole situation was a powder keg just waiting to explode. And it did. What followed, now called the “reign of terror” was the revenge of these masses on their exploiters.
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The French Revolution is a fascinating piece of world history. The suffering, the aftermath, the failures, and the ultimate triumphs of democracy depict a people who were intent on ultimately establishing a democracy for the French people but who had to go through a pretty long period of experimentation and pain to get there. Today, their democratic republic is firmly established in the principles that all lives matter, that every citizen deserves to participate in the democratic processes, and that government by the people is what makes a country stable.