French Revolution

Throughout the 1700's France, along with all of Europe, was rocked both culturally and economically by events such as the Seven Years War, The Age of Enlightenment, The American Revolution, The Great Fear, and the firing of French King Louis XVI's finance manager Jacque Nekkar, which was the exclamation point and triggered anger in many 2nd and 3rd estate residents. The French Revolution can be appropriately attributed to all the preceding socioeconomic dilemmas. Feudalism was no more.

France's king during much of the revolution was Louis XVI, the figurehead of aristocracy at a time when it grew to be resented. He was widely-viewed (and later proven) to be irresponsible, ignorant, cowardly, and unpopular; forever living in the shadow of his father, Louis the Great. In fact, there is an eerie similiarity between him and current United States President George Bush if you consider the stereotype that characterized him as a little simpleton, handled by his advisers, with crazes for iron work and hunting (so long as he wasn't accomponied by Dick Cheney). While alive, Louis fell short of Louis XV in many respects; ridiculed for and mismanaging the economy. Louis also had some very interesting facts: His Austrian wife Mary Antoinette and his family tried to flee the country but were caught and