SOCIOL 1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 22: Theda Skocpol, French Revolution, Bourgeoisie
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->outcomes: class overthrow, new laws, new rights, redistribution. ->not enough to know that people are starving. ->not enough to know that workers are marching in the streets. ->date: 1789-->french revolution-->it was the first modern revolution recognized as a revolution. ->french, russian, and chinese revolutions: many rebllions, but most are suppressed revolutions require state breakdown. ->institutions of governance fail, then upheaval from below can break through. ->state breakdown precipitates revolution, peasant and urban worker uprisings follow. ->bankruptcy of the state-->elites had to come together and figure out how to raise more money. ->groups gathered all over france to list grievances: government sets up services throughout town with people who can read and write, such that they may write down the grievances of the people. ->question: whether king will allow bourgeoisie to become dominant force, or whether king will side with nobles, who don"t pay any tax.
