THE FRENCH REBELLION

THE FRENCH REBELLION

The extension of the social and political disruptions of both France and its territories from the year 1789 is referred to as the France rebellion. The rebellion pushed for the downfall of sovereignty to the rise of the republic system of government. French, under the leadership of Napoleon, a leader of the military and a senior politician, reached its dictatorship climax. Napoleon’s energy and determination led to the French rebellion. The impression of enlightened and profound ideas inspired the revolution on the ideas of overthrowing sovereignty, replacing it with a republic government system. Napoleon introduced modern schools, colleges, and universities during the rebellion period.[1] The primary concern for the rebellion was to obtain freedom and equal rights by the French citizens. This initiative was successfully achieved by Napoleon’s determination and energy to conquer. The French resistance is considered as an essential event to have happened to human history by historians.

The rebellion causes are still profound and widely talked about by historians. The emerging social and political imbalances, political plans from the modern age, environmental instability, and French failure to pay debts contributed to rebellion.[2] The continuous involvement of war between French and Britain in the years between 1793 and 1815 led to the spreading of rebellion ideas. The success of the Napoleon war in 1814 and 1815 reversed the rebellion achievements. The restoration of Bourbons on the throne saw King Louis XVI, and King Louis XVIII become the king of France. This king’s period of politics engaged France to war with Australia and its companions. The French king wanted this war to increase his fame and strengthen his reign. The Girondin aimed to export the rebellion via Europe and defend the rebellion in France. The nation’s military forces fighting against the rebellion seemed weaker.

The natives had given up the France town to British people.[3] Napoleon spent an approximate time of two weeks to prepare horses and oxen for battle. About 5000 dirt sacks were brought together to build a defensive wall. Once in awhile, Napoleon would involve the superior people to experiment with the battle plan he prepared. Napoleon set up eleven batteries as a strategy of attacking the British soldiers during the war. In 1793, Napoleon organized soldiers who attacked the British camps and used the batteries as cover. Napoleon was present in the battle but sustained injuries when the horse he was riding got shot. Despite being shot, he captured the two essential British high areas. After the attack, Napoleon was put in jail but later released after two weeks. Napoleon relocated to Paris, where he rose politically and got promoted in the military. By the year 1795, Spain had surrendered and made peace agreements with France.

The newly formed republic ensured the victory of war between Belgium and Rhineland. On 6 November 1792, the French military conquered Austrians and took control over the Australian Netherlands. After conquering Austrian, the republic of Dutch and Austrian got into a conflict with France because these two countries wanted to maintain Netherlands freedom. After the execution of the French King in January 1793, the Dutch and Austrian came together and fought France. The territories that had been newly acquired by France were taken back due to the French military defeat during the war in 1793. There arose a group of rebellions during this period, and so the French were involved in a battle with them. The standoff ended in 1794, with French taking the victory. The National convention, during the rebellion period, voted to put an end to slavery in 1794 in Saint-Domingue. In 1792, free elections were conducted to form the new system of government replacing the France Legislature. The new government immediately abolished the sovereign form of government, and France made history as the First Republic.  Napoleon was determined to introduce a sister republic in France. A new revolutionary calendar was established in place of Christian Calendars.

As a result of the French rebellion, wealthy people in society significantly benefited. Lawyers and rich merchants’ taxes and tithes were done away with as a result of rebellion.[4] On the other hand, the worsening of the French rebellion increased commodity prices on the poor people resulting in demonstrations. A limit law was set to solve the hike in food prices resulting in the execution of the people who failed to comply. There were drought and food shortages all over France resulting from the war. A committee was formed and decided to send dragoons in the countryside to stop the farmers who hiked prices, and as a result, the problem was half solved. Although the French rebellion negatively impacted the country, it transformed the whole world like no other rebellion movement. The French citizens acquired their freedom and equality as a result of the rebellion spearheaded by Napoleon.

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[1] Buggle, Johannes C. “Law and social capital: Evidence from the Code Napoleon in Germany.” European Economic Review 87 (2016): 148-175.

[2] Pinkney, David H. French Revolution of 1830. Princeton University Press, 2019.

[3] Carlyle, Thomas. The French Revolution. Oxford University Press, 2019. Doyle, William. The Oxford history of the French revolution. Oxford University Press, 2018.

[4] Finley, Theresa; Franck, Raphael; Johnson, Noel (2 December 2017). “Economic consequences of revolutions: Evidence from the 1789 French Revolution”. VoxEU.org. Retrieved 2 December 2017.