" The general will is the collective rights of the civil society bestowed upon by an individual, who is to represent the citizenry in the decision-making process of ensuring peace and order in the society. In effect, the social contract becomes a vehicle through which the state and its citizenship are formed, where there is a new avenue for social reforms to be proposed and enacted by the society (Kagan, 1995:665-6)
Perhaps because Communism is so strongly tied to ideas of revolution, social explanations for the events that led to the French Revolution are common (Censer, 2003). However, accounts of the Revolution lack the slogans common to Communism, such as "Workers arise!" While the Revolution might be described in terms of class, since the Royalty were over thrown by everyone else, hostility to the "divine right of kings" (Barker, 1993) is a rather incomplete defense for calling this event any kind of class struggle except for the obvious one that the Royals did not want to give up their power
French Revolution Many people believe that the French Revolution in 1789 was a "class" revolution, that is, the workers rising up against those in power to overthrow them and establish a more equitable government. Perhaps because Communism is so strongly tied to ideas of revolution, social explanations for the events that led to the French Revolution are common (Censer, 2003)
Before the revolution, rural people who attempted to use the legal system were faced with a bureaucratic system designed to increase the wealth of the judges, lawyers and court clerks. Each one of those individuals knew ways to increase the amount of money charged for their services (Crubaugh, 2000)
The bourgeoisie was about to grow as commerce increased and the industrial revolution had a larger and larger influence. Appreciation of the individual was a far stronger trend in the French Revolution than class (Furet, 1989)
However, accounts of the Revolution lack the slogans common to Communism, such as "Workers arise!" While the Revolution might be described in terms of class, since the Royalty were over thrown by everyone else, hostility to the "divine right of kings" (Barker, 1993) is a rather incomplete defense for calling this event any kind of class struggle except for the obvious one that the Royals did not want to give up their power. In fact the non-royal classes of France had an organizational tradition in the Bourgeois Militia (Luckett, 1997)
A map mashup is one of the most popular mashups available; Summer of Green is a mashup application developed by Google, which shows vacation spots that are environmentally friendly. SongDna is another mashup application, which combines all the information about a particular song, such as how well it played on pop charts, who composed it, who wrote the lyrics, and other such information (Chandler)
For example, you could combine the addresses and photographs of your library branches with a Google map to create a map mashup. The term mashup originally comes from pop music, where people seamlessly combine music from one song with the vocal track from another -- thereby mashing them together to create something new (Fichter)
Manufacturing a Revolution If the French Revolution can be considered a true revolution based solely on the grounds that it caused a major change in the course of world history, then it would seem obvious that the Industrial Revolution must also be considered a true revolution. This social revolution has fundamentally altered civilization on a worldwide basis far more directly, extremely, and pervasively than any single nation's change in administration ever could (Goloboy & Mancall, 2008)
So when someone raises a question like, is the French Revolution or the Industrial Revolution more of a true revolution, the answer must include an analysis of the word itself. Revolting Like the French When the question of whether or not the French Revolution is a true revolution is raised, it is typically because the Revolution did not succeed in the sense that it neither established a new stable and democratic government in the country nor prevented a return of the monarchy (Neely, 2008)
"He was given a starring role by David in his famous picture of the Tennis Court Oath which led to the formation of the National Assembly in June 1789." (Beales 2003, p
"At the outbreak of the revolution in 1789, the liberal David initiated the epic Oath of the Tennis Court to celebrate the defiance of royal authority." (Grafton, Most, & Settis 2010, p
After 1789, he became a leader in the revolutionary regime, initiating reorganization of the Academie Royale and supervising the production of pageants and visual propaganda for the government." (Facos 2011, p
"He accepted the role of de facto minister of propaganda, organizing political pageants and ceremonies requiring floats, costumes, and structural props." (Kleiner 2012) David considered that art could make it possible for people to see things from the artist's viewpoint
Even the reason why Marat was in the bathtub is connected to the revolution, as "he was trying to cure the skin disease he had contracted during his days of hiding in the sewers of Paris." (Lord & Lord 2010, p
"Contemporaries alternately described Corday as a monster and a villain, a maiden and a heroine, depending on their political persuasion." (Nielsen 2013, p
"Heroically framed legislators take their oath with gestures and expressions as incisive as David's contour, it is as if they had been physically remade in accord with their mission of national regeneration." (Ribner 1993, p
There were three main social orders, comprising of the first, second, and third estate. The first order consisted of the clergy who owned a tenth of the total land of France, were exempt from Taille or chief tax (Duiker and Spielvogel 450)
The second estate comprised of the nobility, who owned between 25% and 30% of the land. These held most of the leading positions in the military, government, law courts, and higher church offices (Roberts 45)
For example, the middle class industrialists, merchants, lawyers, bankers, and doctors, where experiencing economic and wealth prosperity, but still were denied the privileges of the aristocracy and bourgeoisie nobles (Roberts 46). The monarch system rested privileges and old social order to the ideals of the estates that industrialists and merchants with higher economic prosperity could not climb up the social ladder (Spielvogel 402)