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The Great Fear during the French Revolution was a period of paranoia in the countryside. Peasants expected, yet feared, a monarchical and aristocratic counterrevolution. When they heard certain rumors that the king's armies were on their way over and that Austrians and Prussians were invading, terrified peasants and villagers organized militias. Others attacked and burned manor houses, sometimes to look for grain but usually to find and destroy records of the due dates of land-payments. This Great Fear stirred up this confusion in the rural areas. When such news reached Paris, the deputies at Versailles believed that the administration of rural France had collapsed.
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RossA great fear swept through France because many of the people of the 3rd estate were being taxed and the 1st and 2nd estates were barely being taxed which really angered the people. Also there was a grain shortage which increased the price of bread, angering the people even more. So they then started the Great Fear caused by the unfair taxation and raised prices on food, this led to the Tennis Court Oath of the National Assembly made up of the 3rd estate.
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What was the connection between the fall of the Bastille and the Great Fear?
Both were part of the French Revolution.
Why did European rulers fear the french revolution?
Because European rulers,however,feared the French Revolution. By Peng
What influenced the people to revolt in the French Revolution?
Hunger, anger, frustration, fear,
What was the period of time during the French Revolution from May 1793 to August 1794 called?
I wonder if you mean the Reign of Terror also known as the Great Fear (la Grande Peur), Although I thought that it didn't start until September 1793, but I cannot find anything else to fit that time frame.
How was the French middle class inspired by the American Revolution and how did this influence lead to the French Revolution?
The middle class was influenced by the theories of Enilghtenment and was familiar with the recent American revolution. They took the idea of freedom and equality to heart and therefore started fighting for it. Also, the aristocrats had been chased out of France, so they feared this. The French Revolution later became very unstable with things like the CPS and the National Assembly, so people joined in fear of their lives. People were killed for not participating. It was extremely brutal.A massive French National debt crisis and an unfair and outdated tax code.
