The French Revolution - 1909 Words

Brandon Chen Ms. Crawbuck Sophomore English March 23, 2016 Final Draft Many dictators in history have created bad legacies and committed horrific crimes during their time in power. One dictator, however, created a legacy that any person would know and created an ideology that is used in almost all first world countries, and many other second war countries now as well. This dictator is Napoleon Bonaparte. He is a catalyst for change because he created a dominant army from the scraps of the French Revolution, which led to his dominance throughout Europe, creating a lasting principle that most people now think of it as a norm. The French Government was rapidly losing power during the Bourbon Dynasty because of the vast spendings of King†¦show more content†¦Radical nationalists quickly took control of the government and country and made very radical acts, that dug France into a bigger hole (French). One of the first things the radicals did when they gained power was â€Å"declared war on Austria and Prussia, where it believed that Fre nch á º »migrà ©s were building counter revolutionary alliances; it also hoped to spread its revolutionary ideals across Europe through warfare,† which caused not only a war inside of France, but also a war against countries outside of France (French). Soon a group of extremist Jacobins attacked and captured the king in Paris (French). The next month, citizens of Paris started massacring many accused counter revolutionists and got what they wanted; the establishment of the French Republic (French). Soon after the establishment of the republic, â€Å"Jacobins seized control of the National Convention from the more moderate Girondins and instituted a series of radical measures, †¦ They also unleashed the bloody Reign of Terror, a 10-month period in which suspected enemies of the revolution were guillotined by the thousands,† which were put out by the order of Robespierre, the leader of the Committee of Public Safety (French). Soon after this radical phase a modera te phase came in and the French people revolted against the radicals because of their actions (French). The French revolution finally ended when a group of Girondins approved a new constitution that