Why did the Radical French Revolution occur?

Answer 1

because people were angry. They were starving to death and so were their children while the nobles and clergy were having grand feasts. They were sick of the government. They used violence to send their message across and bring attention to their cause.

Answer 2

The French Revolution became radical out of fear of a counterrevolution. Radicals were suspicious of aristocratic leaders and the king, and thus decided to use war to expose traitors and get rid of those who sympathized with the king and the aristocracy. On April 20, 1792, the assembly declared war against Austria and Prussia. Then on August 10, Parisian crowds attacked the royal palace and the king was imprisoned again. Then, there came the "September Massacres" which all started from rumors that prisoners in Paris were plotting to aid the enemy. The prisoners were all hauled from their cells, tested hastily before disorganized tribunals, and killed. All of these radical measures wanted to prevent any potential counterrevolution.

Answer 3

The French Revolution was very radical. Taking inspiration from the Enlightenment occurring at the time, the oppressed peasants and Bourgeoisie of France rose up against their absolute monarchy and the reign of King Louis XIV and his wife, Marie Antoinette, and completely re-wrote society. Before, the term "revolution" did not even exist the way we know it today. It was completely unreal to have the little people overthrow the monarchy in such a way, and changed all of history forever. Other European countries took inspiration from it and began to get more freedom for themselves.

Not only was it radical in the sense they changed society forever, but they were EXTREMELY violent. They decapitated almost everyone who came in their paths. While storming the Bastille, they dragged the governor and eventually beheaded him. They decapitated Marie Antoinette and King Louis XIV, as well as thousands of others. They tortured the poor son of the king, although he was younger than 9 and had no clue about the atrocities of their lives. They even beheaded Marie Antoinette's best friend, the Princess de Lamballe, and used scare tactics by putting her head on a pike and attempting to force Marie Antoinette to kiss her dead friend's lips. The French were brutal during this time!

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-- I personally don't believe it was as radical as the first guy would have us believe if you take in account that the American Revolution was in fact the first time where the common people rose up against their absolute monarchy .. However, it clearly was radical if you consider that it was the most brutal against its own people.. for while a few people of the noble class were killed by being beheaded the vast majority of those who were beheaded were the common people..

Answer 4

Internally, popular sentiments radicalized the Revolution significantly, culminating in the rise of Maximilien Robespierre and the Jacobins and virtual Dictatorship by the Committee of Public Safety during the Reign of Terror from 1793 until 1794 during which between 16,000 and 40,000 people were killed.[1] After the fall of the Jacobins and the execution of Robespierre, the Directory assumed control of the French state in 1795 and held power until 1799, when it was replaced by the Consulate under Napoleon Bonaparte.

Answer 5

It occured because they wanted there king to die and they wanted a say in things they were very lazy and couldn't be bothered to do stuff

Answer 6

it becam emore radical because it was during the spring time and they were all bankrupt.