French Revolution Dbq Research Paper

The French Revolution was a time of political and social rebellion in France. It began in 1789 because of the inequalities that existed between the rich and the poor. Before the French Revolution a person could not work to become wealthy- they had to be born wealthy and vice versa. The French Revolution changed this for France’s citizens. Also the French Revolution resulted in freeing 10,000 African slaves. The most important cause of the French Revolution were the Age of Enlightenment, inequality

towards the colonists and because of that belief, the Declaration signers forever changed our country. Before 1600, many countries were looking to colonize the New World and one of those countries was obviously Great Britain. In an informative research paper called “The First Colonies North of Mexico”, it states, “Richard Hakluyt, a Protestant minister and geographer, wrote books urging colonization to accomplish five goals: (1) extend Protestantism, (2) expand trade, (3) increase England’s markets