The French Revolution sparked when the Third Estate was disappointed and unhappy with the monarchy of the country. To further their aims of fighting for the improvement of economy and politics, they established the National Assembly. This group of people attempted to meet with Louis XVI, but this never happened due to his rejection. Because of this selfish rejection, they decided that they would not separate until a brand new constitution was written. The National Assembly, who were the justice seekers, motivated numerous Parisians to start a new Revolution. This lead to The Storming of the Bastille, the event that started the French Revolution. In this event, 800 Parisians attacked Bastille thinking that there would be weapons to obtain and help them fight in the revolution. However, there weren’t any weapons in Bastille, and that caused the angry attackers to kill the guards and prisoners. This was done by them to mock the government and to show that they were against it. Eventually, by the end of the French Revolution, the Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizens and the Declaration of Pilnitz were issued and the government changed their form of governing into Republic. As a result, the citizens of France gained justice and freedom and the revolution came to an end. Mostly, the French Revolution followed the commonalities of revolutions that were listed in “The Anatomy of Revolution” by Crane Brinton. However, in some extent, the revolution did not have the components of a common revolution that were in the mentioned book.
The French Revolution was very similar the “The Anatomy of Revolution”. Just like it was stated in the book, it started because the middle class citizens loathed their form of government, more specifically monarchy. In this monarchy, there was a serious wealth inequality, in which the rich had more power and privileges than the people from the middle class and below. This resulted in poverty for lower classes and unfair lifestyle for them. The second stage of the French Revolution also matched with “The Anatomy of Revolution” in some parts. During the second stage, a number of women marched for their rights, which caused the Third Estates to make the constitution to limit the monarch’s power, as well as bring equality between the classes and genders. The final stage was also highly matching to the book. The Republic, a new form of government voted by the convention, replaced the original Monarchy after King Louis XVI was executed.
On the other hand, there were major differences between “The Anatomy of Revolution” and the French Revolution as well. For instance, violence was used from the beginning of this revolution in Bastille, and not in the third stage of crisis. In addition, King Louis tried to flee to Austria because he felt threatened by a new constitution created by the National Assembly which limited the Monarch’s power. This was unlike what the book said; according to “The Anatomy of a Revolution” the old government or the ruler is overthrown at the final stage of recovery, in which a new or form of government ruler takes over and stabilizes the nation. In the French Revolution however, the king tried to flee during the phase of crisis because he felt threatened. However, besides these, there were no other differences between the book and the French Revolution.
To conclude, both the French Revolution and “The Anatomy of Revolution” had their commonalities and differences. The similarities shared between the two were the facts that the middle class started the revolution and that the old form of government was replaced. On the other hand, the differences were that the violence in the French Revolution started earlier and that the country’s king tried to flee during the phase of crisis instead of the phase of recovery. But all in all, since the French Revolution had more similarities to “The Anatomy of Revolution” than it had differences, it is accurate to say that it was an average, common type of revolution.
The French Revolution was very similar the “The Anatomy of Revolution”. Just like it was stated in the book, it started because the middle class citizens loathed their form of government, more specifically monarchy. In this monarchy, there was a serious wealth inequality, in which the rich had more power and privileges than the people from the middle class and below. This resulted in poverty for lower classes and unfair lifestyle for them. The second stage of the French Revolution also matched with “The Anatomy of Revolution” in some parts. During the second stage, a number of women marched for their rights, which caused the Third Estates to make the constitution to limit the monarch’s power, as well as bring equality between the classes and genders. The final stage was also highly matching to the book. The Republic, a new form of government voted by the convention, replaced the original Monarchy after King Louis XVI was executed.
On the other hand, there were major differences between “The Anatomy of Revolution” and the French Revolution as well. For instance, violence was used from the beginning of this revolution in Bastille, and not in the third stage of crisis. In addition, King Louis tried to flee to Austria because he felt threatened by a new constitution created by the National Assembly which limited the Monarch’s power. This was unlike what the book said; according to “The Anatomy of a Revolution” the old government or the ruler is overthrown at the final stage of recovery, in which a new or form of government ruler takes over and stabilizes the nation. In the French Revolution however, the king tried to flee during the phase of crisis because he felt threatened. However, besides these, there were no other differences between the book and the French Revolution.
To conclude, both the French Revolution and “The Anatomy of Revolution” had their commonalities and differences. The similarities shared between the two were the facts that the middle class started the revolution and that the old form of government was replaced. On the other hand, the differences were that the violence in the French Revolution started earlier and that the country’s king tried to flee during the phase of crisis instead of the phase of recovery. But all in all, since the French Revolution had more similarities to “The Anatomy of Revolution” than it had differences, it is accurate to say that it was an average, common type of revolution.