FRENCH REVOLUTION

(1789-1799)
SPAIN – PARLIAMENTARY MONARCHY

RULED BY KING FELIPE VI

- Known as one of the bloodiest
revolution in the history, was
caused by the economic, social
and political problems that
plagued France.
TWO BIG REVOLUTION

1. French Revolution –
1789-1799
2. Industrial Revolution-
1760-1840
  King Louis XVI (1754–1793)

He was the last king

of France (1774–92)
in the line of
Bourbon monarchs
preceding the French
Revolution of 1789.
He was executed for
treason by guillotine
in 1793.
SOCIETY – UNEQUALLY
DIVIDED INTO THREE
CLASSES
1. Clergy - collective body of men
and women ordained as religious
ministers
2. Nobility- group of people
belonging to the noble class in a
country, especially those with a
hereditary or honorary title
3. Masses – everybody else
MASSES
consist of the bulk of the
population-received the brunt of
inequality, as they were accorded
with less rights and privileges but
more labor and tax requirements
June 20, 1789

Tennis Court Oath swearing that

they would not relent in their
efforts until a new constitution
had been agreed upon.
SCHOLARS:
• Montesquieu-
(Charles-Louis de Secondat, Baron
de La Brède et de Montesquieu)
• Lafayette-
(Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de
Lafayette)
• Maximillien Robespierre
• Condorcet
(Marie Jean Antoine Nicolas de
Caritat, Marquis of Condorcet)
SCHOLARS:

Intellectual voices that

criticized the French system of
government.

Great thinkers of French

Revolution and the cornerstone
of modern social science.
Age of Enlightenment -intellectual
and philosophical movement which
dominated the world of ideas in
Europe during the 18th century, The
Century of Philosophy.
INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
- Non-violent source of social change

- which took place from the 18th to 19th

centuries, was a period during which
predominantly agrarian, rural societies in
Europe and America became industrial and
urban.
- Shift from human labor to machine
dependence

- Agrarian-based areas that were highly

depended on manpower – surge in
surplus production

- Traditional social structures to new

social classes
ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL THINKERS

- THOMAS MALTUS
growth of population unless
checked would be faster than
what the industry could produce
- ADAM SMITH
argued intensification of
production of goods
- JOHN STUART MILL
disagreed w/ Smith, free market
PRINTING MACHINE
FARM MACHINE
Will only favor the ruling elite and
oppress who are manning the industries

These theorist promoted interrogation

Of social condition of their time using
Logical reason and Scientific approach.
Short
Quiz
The Development of
Social Science
Study and Research
 SCHOLARS
erudite person, especially who
has a profound knowledge on a
particular subject
 termed Social Science during
1800
"An Inquiry ino the Principles of
Irish Political
William the Distribution of Wealth Most
and
Thompson Conducive to Human Happiness"
Philosophical
(1800)
Writer
Applied to the Newly Proposed
System of Voluntary Equality of
Wealth" (1824)
"Essay on the Principle of
Population" (1798)
Thomas if the population left
Malthus (1766- Scholar unchecked, would increase
1834) immensely and would pose
problems to the distribution of
finite resources
 articulated the unjust treatment
of the working class and need for
Karl Marx
social reform
German
(1818- Philosopher
1883)
"The Communist Manifesto
(1840) and Das Kapital (1867)
critique on impact of
technological development
during the Industrial Revolution
Alexis de
claiming that technology
Tocquevill
  deprived humans creativity and
e (1805-
freedom
1859)
Opposed technological
advancement on the ground of
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