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French and Russian revolutions
Both the French and Russian revolutions occurred because of two main
reasons. Both of these revolutions were the direct results of bad
leadership and a bad economy. These two reasons along with other factors
caused both of these revolutions. Although they were both similar, they
also had differences. A difference between the two is that the Russians
had an unsuccessful "pre-revolution" in 1905. Another difference between
these two revolutions is the fact that the French turned towards a
democracy while the Russian government became communist.
In 1905 , Russia had a prerevolution that was put down of the Czar.
Instead of learning from this prerevolution, Czar Nicholas II, made a
very big mistake by in not introducing some reforms to correct the
problems. So because of his actions, the situation grew worse. In 1917,
the Russians were fighting in World War I. A good majority of the
Russian people were weary and uncontent with the way the war was going
and with the Czar s rule. This uncontent along with economic hardships
caused riots and demonstrations to break out. The Czar called for the
army to put down the revolution as they did in 1905. But the army joined
the revolt and the Czar was kicked out of power soon afterwards. A
temporary government was set up to decide on what kind of government
Russia was gonna set up. Two political parties were set up. The
Bolsheviks were one of the two. The leader of the Bolshevik party was a
man named Lenin. Lenin was a firm believer of the theories and ideas of
Karl Marx. So with his slogan of "Bread, Peace and Land", Lenin gained
the support of the peasants and gained control of Russia and setup a
communist state.
The French revolution was also caused by a bad ruler and a bad economy.
During the early 1780 s a big percent of annual budget went towards king
Louis XVI s lavish estate at Versailles. France also had no central
bank, no paper currency, no ways of getting more money, and an out-dated
tax system which only taxed the poor who had no money to begin with.
Signs of revolution first appeared when the peasants stormed the
fortress known as the Bastille looking for gun powder.
The Bastille incident set off revolts all over France and Louis was soon
deposed afterwards.A democratic goverment was setup in place of the old
monarcy. A doctrine called the Declaration of the Rights of Man and
citizen served as a basis for the revolutionary french leaders. The
French set up a government in which an elected legislative group met
annually. It also consisted of an elected judiciary and an executive
headed by the king (The king had no real power and only served as a
figure head).
Both the French and Russian revolutions had similar causes but ended up
with different results. Both of these countries had different internal
factors which cause the results. The Russians had Lenin and the French
had the Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen. I would also like
to point out 1 more similarity between these two revolutions and that is
the fact that both Czar Nicholas II and King Louis XVI were executed
soon after the revolutionaries took power. It s just strange to see how
two similar countries with so many similar reasons for revolting would
end up with so very different governments.
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