WAS THE FIGHT FOR LIBERTY AND EQUALITY WORTH THE COST OF THIS REVOLUTION?
Sophie Papa
Block A
10/14/1802
News Editorial
Was the fight for liberty and equality worth the cost of the revolution?
The fight for liberty and equality was not worth the cost of the French revolution. The Revolution caused such an uproar in France. There was far more chaos than necessary, and this took a toll of France. The right for equality and liberty could have been fought in other, less violent ways. People were senselessly killing others for crimes that did not need to be solved with execution.
As soon as the seven years war ended, the revolution began to become disorderly. Coming out of the seven years war France was in debt. France’s king, Louis XVI, was an unfit ruler for the amount of power that he was given. France’s money was spent on supplies that would ensure a win, but was proven to be unsuccessful. France’s money was also spent on fashion and such by Marie Antoinette. This made the people of France angry, and to push them even further over the edge, Louis was eating recklessly.
The price of bread had been raised, leaving France with little to no food supply and incredibly impoverished. Louis was forcing large taxes on the people with no money, the lower classes, and leaving the upper class and nobility to pay slim to none. People were hungry and angry and this lead to a revolt.
To sum up what had happened after this was many, many deaths, angry citizens, and the downfall of composure for France. The revolution lead to the termination of the French monarchy, and King Louis had been tried for treason. During the 17th century in France, there was only one consequence for treason. Execution. Louis was executed with the new mechanism for killing, the beheading device. This lead to several other unnecessary deaths with this device.
Overall the fight for liberty and quality was not worth the cost of the revolution. There were many other ways that France could have fought for their liberation. Things had taken a violent turn for the worse. France had been left with many scars after this, and although their fight was successful in the end, France would never be the same for years to come.
Block A
10/14/1802
News Editorial
Was the fight for liberty and equality worth the cost of the revolution?
The fight for liberty and equality was not worth the cost of the French revolution. The Revolution caused such an uproar in France. There was far more chaos than necessary, and this took a toll of France. The right for equality and liberty could have been fought in other, less violent ways. People were senselessly killing others for crimes that did not need to be solved with execution.
As soon as the seven years war ended, the revolution began to become disorderly. Coming out of the seven years war France was in debt. France’s king, Louis XVI, was an unfit ruler for the amount of power that he was given. France’s money was spent on supplies that would ensure a win, but was proven to be unsuccessful. France’s money was also spent on fashion and such by Marie Antoinette. This made the people of France angry, and to push them even further over the edge, Louis was eating recklessly.
The price of bread had been raised, leaving France with little to no food supply and incredibly impoverished. Louis was forcing large taxes on the people with no money, the lower classes, and leaving the upper class and nobility to pay slim to none. People were hungry and angry and this lead to a revolt.
To sum up what had happened after this was many, many deaths, angry citizens, and the downfall of composure for France. The revolution lead to the termination of the French monarchy, and King Louis had been tried for treason. During the 17th century in France, there was only one consequence for treason. Execution. Louis was executed with the new mechanism for killing, the beheading device. This lead to several other unnecessary deaths with this device.
Overall the fight for liberty and quality was not worth the cost of the revolution. There were many other ways that France could have fought for their liberation. Things had taken a violent turn for the worse. France had been left with many scars after this, and although their fight was successful in the end, France would never be the same for years to come.