This was my first experience with Khan Acadamy, and I was extremely impressed! This video served as a perfect way to recap the background of the subject of my paper, the atrocities committed in France during the Reign of Terror. Bravo, Professor, bravo!
While some may dissaprove, I feel this would be a great learning tool for anyone middle school to even college. Thank you for providing such a great service.
The thing that is awesome is when I am not understanding what the books are tryin to teach me you put it in a simpler format that makes it so much eadier
I'm french and that's how i study both history and english. Thanks so much for compressing one of the hugest french history chapter into only seventeen minutes !
Hi, you commented 10 years ago and thank the man who has saved every student at least once. Right now we are in a global pandemic 10 days before Christmas eve. I know you will probably never see this but I hope you have had a great decade and a amazing day
Thanks F-ing alot man! This helped alot with my class! :} I had to fire up a discussion wether The French Revolution was a end of "civilisation" or not. (According to Oxford's definition - it was). Very debatable topic.
wow I know more about the French Revolution in this moment than I ever did. Even after visiting Paris and Versailles 10 years ago. Thank Goddess you made these videos - I think I am about to become alot smarter.
A good tips in studying something is: -making sure you understand all the words and pay attention tot hem -demonstrate your concept, especially if you work with abstract concepts, use pictures anything -take things stept bt step
I found your treatment of the buildup to the Estates General to be very simplistic. No mention of the financial crisis and repeated attempts to fix it. Gross overstating of Louis' power and painting him in an over negative light. He was in no way an "absolute" ruler - if he was the revolution would not have occurred. Rather his ministers' repeated attempts to make major structural change to the tax base to remedy the inequities and the fiscal hole kept getting blocked by the Parlements (in particular Paris) and Assembly of Notables. The calling of the Estates General was an effort to actually get the ministry's tax reform package including a universal land tax implemented. The Ministry then lost all control when the second estate would not compromise, on the voting by order versus voting by head issue.
It is because he has no incentive to make it lenghty and to include offtopic trivia I only wish there was a lot of embed links to expands on subjects at the very least, links in the description to all parts of this series and links to other context video like the french indian war or whatever else you should know before viewing this course
I believe that he is wrong about the main thing causing the Revolution was people starving, but that the Bourgeoisie, which was in the 3rd estate and were merchants, shopkeepers, etc were the ones who actually began the revolution because they were jealous of the nobles having to pay everything. Because the bourgeoisie actually had education, they knew about enlightenment. Therefore, the influenced the rest of the 3rd estate to join them in this Revolution against the imperial king.
I agree. The "starving peasants - callous nobles/ king" angle is grossly overstated. This was initially a middle class lawyers revolution from the burgeoise who wanted political rights to match their economic status. It then morphed into something very different
Thank you soo much for making this video:) You are a MUCH better at teaching than my socials teacher... I'm actually excited now because I'm gonna ace my exam tommro:P
Really like the series and the graphics etc but must make a response to the statement at the start that the French Revolution was the first time in Europe that the monarchy was over thrown by a revolution of this type. What is commonly referred to as the English Civil War, was in fact a revolution against the established Monarchy, which resulted in the King losing his crown and head. This led to the formation of a republic which lasted for approx 11 years. Many of the radicles eventually moved across to America and help stoke the fires of the American revolution. We often forget the great contribution the people of 17th Century England made to a freer, democratic World.
Love this. Thanks KhanAcademy. Just wondering under which tag you are putting these type of video. Kindly put up a new group-tag for these type of video. I would love you put up more videos like these. Not to say, I learn a lot more physics here than at the univ... heh heh ;)
@sudsnz Surely the fact that you can stop, rewind and pause is an advance over a traditional lecture? That said, essentially these talks (at least the history ones) are not where Khan shines best - that tends to be in the maths, science and business sections where there *is* a strong practical element.
Sieyès (from a pamphlet in 1789) : What is the third estate ? : everything What was it until now ? : nothing. What does it want to be from now on ? : Something !
You don't need to watch this whole lesson (All parts) to understand the french revolution you just need to read Animal's Farm but replace the words "Farmer Jones" with "The Monarchy" and the word "Snowball" with "Robespierre", you can leave Napoleon as it is.
this guy literally takes hours of class time and *text book reading* and compresses the info into into a comprehensible, ACCURATE, and sort of entertaining video haha
actually, the national day of the 14th of july doesn't celebrate the storming of Bastille but the Day of Federation celebrating the reconciliation between French people and the king
American Revolution wasn't the first enlightened movement. The British Republic in 1649 was. Just so you know :) That's where many of the Enlightened French Philosophes looked to for inspiration. The American war of Independence merely enlightened the generals and cost France a fortune! Apart from that, loved the Video! Thanks
Btw we don't celebrate the storming of the bastille, we celebrate the fete de la federation which was held the 14 july 1790, when the French king agreed to share his power kinda like the constitutional monarchy of UK, but he lied, so he was killed afterwards. But we kept this date as a national holyday.
Anyone watching this in preparation for the AP exam, many historians argue whether the French Revolution actually was effective, as the revolution replaced one monarchy with another. Watch John Green’s videos on World History, they are very useful.
hi :) i'm french and i have to say that you impressed me :) but i don't agree with you when you say that they took the bastille because there were weapon
