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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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∙ 11y agoA 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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∙ 15y agoThe period ruled by fear during the French Revolution was the reign of Terror installed by Robespierre and Saint Just
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∙ 13y agoYou never knew who, are what group would be executed next.
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∙ 11y agoBecuz king Louis 16
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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.
What is a terrorism?
Terror is based on the French word terreur which means, great fear, or to frighten. . This word was first used by the Jacobins during the French Revolution.
What was the''great fear'' and what did it lead to?
The "Great Fear" is a term for the rumors that preceded the French Revolution and the abolition of feudalism in France.
What was the great fear from the reign of terror?
They both occured during the French Revolution
What event caused the great fear a period of fear paranoia and violence in the French Revolution?
The Reign of Terror.
What event was an immediate cause of reign of terror during the french revolution?
Fear of a Royalist counter revolution.
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
Why was ths Great Fear so widespread during the French Revolution?
Because it was just like the black plague,it spread and spread to everyone.Nobody wanted to get invaded by any foreign soldiers.No one wanted to die.
What influenced the people to revolt in the French Revolution?
Hunger, anger, frustration, fear,
Why did a great fear sweep through France?
Peasants during the beginning months of the French Revolution were afraid that their landlords would hire groups of thugs to come and destroy all of their crops. There was no plan like this, and it was all a rumour. But the peasants believed it because the Revolution was bringing talk of new rights for the peasants, and the peasants thought that their landlords would never allow this to happen. The peasants responded by burning all of their deeds that they owed to the landowners.
What did Napoleon Bonaparte take advantage of?
The chaos and fear that the French Revolution had created.
Why did Russian leader fear the ideas of the french revolution?
The ideas of the French Revolution were democracy. If the Russian people began thinking those things, they would threaten the tsar's power at the least or even dethrone him.
