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Comparison of the English Revolution and French Revolution

TOPIC ENGLISH REVOLUTION FRENCH REVOLUTION SIMILARITIES DIFFERENCES 1625-1689 Kings - Absolute monarchs - Absolute monarchs - Kings ruled as Absolute - English Kings believed in Divine - James I: intelligent; slovenly - Louis XIV: known as the “Sun King”; Monarchs Right of Kings and French did habits; “wisest fool in saw himself as center of France and - Raised foreign armies not Christendom”; didn’t make a forced nobles to live with him; - Charles I and Louis XVI both - Charles I did not care to be good impression on his new extravagant lifestyle; built Palace of did not like working with loved whereas Louis XVI initially subjects; introduced the Divine Versailles ($$) Parliament/Estates General wanted to be loved by his people Right Kings - Louis XV: great grandson of Louis XIV; - Citizens did not like the wives of - Charles I did not kill people who - Charles I: Believed in Divine only five years old when he became Charles I (Catholic) and Louis were against him (he Right of Kings; unwilling to King; continued extravagances of the XVI (from Austria) imprisoned or fined them) compromise with Parliament; court and failure of government to - Both Charles I and Louis XVI whereas Louis XVI did narrow minded and aloof; lived reform led France towards disaster punished critics of government - Charles I called Lord Strafford, an extravagant life; Wife - Louis XVI; originally wanted to be Archbishop Laud and Henrietta Maria and people loved; not interested in governing; did occasionally Parliament; Louis despised her (Catholic) not help middle and lower classes; XVI only called Estates General - Charles II: supposed to rule as married Marie Antoinette who people as he had no advisors a constitutional monarch; tried despised (Austrian) to protect Catholic freedom - Louis allowed critics of government to - James II: openly Catholic, be imprisoned or killed believed in Divine Right of Kings; instituted reign of terror due to rebellions against him Parliament vs general - it was the government for them - France had a kind of parliament called - The estates general had 3 estate that they called parliament the estate general - they both had rules estates, commoners, clergy, - parliament made all the - the estate general included the three - you had to go by there rules and nobility. Parliament had decision making in the english estate (first estates: clergy aristocrats - they were basically the same 2, commoners and nobility. revolution formed the second estate the middle - thing but just different - More important, the estates - parliament did not agree to class made up the third estate names general had given the king Charles plans - this meant that the privileged classes - they do the same stuff but in the ability to levy taxes. - parliament told the king iy had twice much voting power as the other orders would grant no money until the middle class - they didn't like one another Parliament never gave the king ceased his illegal activities - turbot had tried to reform the economy king that authority. and until he signed a new but had been forced out of the office by -The estates general stopped charter called the “petition or Marie Antoinette now the country was meeting after it gave the king the right” bankrupt power to levy taxes. - there was the short parliament - there was the new parliament - and there was the long parliament where the long parliament was even more unfriendly to Charles - one day parliament left in the hand of presbyterians and puritans who also disagreed on many important matters religion - puritans were a large and - mostly catholics - most of the country - believed in different powerful group among the - the church had many privileges believed in one religion religions dissenting protestants - the enlightenment was against the - the kings were in charge - religion was a nog part of - very important to everyone religion and they tried to remove the of the church the english civil war - church of England decided catholic church from France - both of them had main - many philosophers were how church service were to - the church gave its support to the church against religion be conducted every where in country rulers - churches were privileged the country - the church owned about six percent of - mostly protestants the land - official church was church of England government - parliament rebelled against - had a parliament called estate - both had a kind of - France had philosophers the king general parliament - many poplin England - most people did not have the - the estate general rarely met - parliament and the estate disagreed with parliaments right to vote - government was divided into general both refused to right to make decisions - parliament was now on the sections Charles 1 wishes - in France woman and men hand of presbyterians and - many philosophers rejected the - government was divided into would meet to discuss puritans idea of absolute monarchy and sections society and politics to social - many people disagreed with favoured democracy problems parliaments right to make - - in England a lot of people decisions fought for the king not for - Charles the 1 never agreed to themselves parliament

taxes - ship money - the third estate had to pay the - the church collected a tax - had to pay taxes for food and - churches were supported by most taxes from peasants in France transportation taxes - upper class and the church were - Charles 1 used unpopular - upper class member did not - the king used money on privileged and payed few taxes taxes as a way to earn some have to pay as many taxes things for themselves - people were unhappy with the high money for himself - people were really unhappy - people were unhapy about taxes or taxes at all - lower class people had to the taxes - churches collected taxes too pay the most taxes and they - lower clashed to pay the - shipping of goods involved thirty didn't even have that much most taxes separate taxes money it was so unfair -