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The French Revolution furthered the ideas of the Enlightenment in many ways. During this time, France, like many other European countries, was caught up in the ideas of such men as Voltaire, Rousseau, and Diderot. A few examples of Enlightenment Ideas are the third estate constructing a constitution stating that all men are equal, the National Assembly’s Declaration of Rights of Men and Citizens, Olympe de Gouge’s Declaration of the Rights of Women, and also Napoleon’s Civil Code. In some ways the French Revolution didn’t further the Enlightenment at all. ... This and the Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen were big Enlightenment ideas because it gave the people of France, who were not treated properly, hope for a better future.
Another event during the French Revolution that furthered the ideas of the Enlightenment was Napoleon’s Civil Code. ...
All of these Enlightenment Ideas started to give the third estate more and more power. ... This is how one of the Enlightenment Ideas can make one man turn into a bloodthirsty tyrant. ... During this time there was no ruler because both Louis XVI and Robespierre had been executed.
After all of the Enlightenment Ideas Napoleon presented to France he began to bite off more than he could chew. ...
During the French Revolution Enlightenment Ideas helped the mistreated citizens of France overthrow the government in hopes for a better future. ... The ideas gave women hope in someday becoming equal to men. Although the ideas of the Enlightenment injured France in some ways, by the end of the French Revolution in 1815, France was now a better country because of the Enlightenment Ideas. ... They had no freedom of speech, freedom of religion, or freedom of trade and because of the ideas of the Enlightenment liberty was now restored in France.
Approximate Word count = 1520
Approximate Pages = 6.1
(250 words per page double spaced)
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