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 ...

The French Revolution, marked by its anti-clericalism ... In August 1792, the revolutionary government decreed the closure of all monasteries occupied by women. The nuns’ expulsion from their ...

but the French Revolution was lead by the bourgeoisie from the start. In May 1789, King Louis XVI called a meeting of the Estates-General, to try and find a solution to France’s financial problems.

The French Revolution would be led by shopkeepers ... The leaders of this popular revolt had genuinely revolutionary ideas. Very quickly they abolished all the privileges of the aristocracy.

Travel back in time to late 18th century France and follow the development of the French Revolution. What were the underlying causes for the revolution? What was the Reign of Terror? Who was ...