Topic > The French Revolution and the Industrial Revolution

The period between the 18th and 19th centuries is marked by the greatest transformations, reforms, revolutions and many other critical events that have ever taken place in human history. All these revolutions are given the credit of having enlightened humanity. The two most important revolutions were the French Revolution and the Industrial Revolution. It can be felt that both these revolutions strengthened each other and later became the backbone of all other revolutions. On the other hand, both revolutions had totally different impacts and consequences in various economic, political and social fields. The development of industrialization is the result of the progress of agriculture. Agriculture has played a very important role in the development of human civilization. In the 18th century almost 90% of the population lived in rural areas. These rural families produced most of the food, clothing, and other useful goods. When we talk about the development of agriculture, no other name comes to mind other than England. It is notable that English farmers were among the most productive farmers in the world. New farming methods brought mass production in the early 18th century, leading to the agricultural revolution. “In the early eighteenth century, Britain exported grain, rising from 49,000 quarters in 1700 to a massive peak of 950,000 quarters in 1750.” The entire benefit of the agricultural revolution was shared among the aristocratic landowners. They were the only top authorities, as the English throne had already been overthrown by the aristocratic class in 1688 during the Glorious Revolution. Landowners initiated an enclosure movement to end traditional land rights and gain full control over the benefits derived from agriculture...... middle of document ......n after the National Assembly he created a liberal parliamentary system and rebelled against monarchical government by approving the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen. The National Assembly brought about government reforms by imposing constitutional monarchy in France. The constitutional monarchy was represented by the voters. The Legislative Assembly promoted freedom, equality, secularism, freedom of thought and replaced the constitutional monarchy with the republic. It also declared war on Austria and Prussia in 1792. The government organized the Regime Terror to eliminate the regime's enemies. The radical Jacobins defeated the moderate Girondins. The terror of the regime ended with the execution of Jacobin leader Robespierre in 1794. The executive directors ruled from 1795 to 1799 under directorate rule. In 1799, Napoleon overthrew the Directory government and France fell back to monarchical rule.