The French Revolution: Crash Course World History #29

In which John Green examines the French Revolution, and gets into how and why it differed from the American Revolution. Was it the serial authoritarian regimes? The guillotine? The Reign of Terror? All of this and more contributed to the French Revolution not being quite as revolutionary as it could have been. France endured multiple constitutions, the heads of heads of state literally rolled, and then they ended up with a megalomaniacal little emperor by the name of Napoleon. But how did all of this change the world, and how did it lead to other, more successful revolutions around the world? Watch this video and find out. Spoiler alert: Marie Antoinette never said, "Let them eat cake." Sorry.

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#30 - Haitian Revolution
#31 - Latin American Revolutions
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[JimsterYO]

Am i the only one here for the Ap world history exam??

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[kurlis levine]

lol no ur nut lol

[Owen Orser]

Am I the only one sick of hearing about people cramming for the AP on all of these videos?

[Katarina Docalovich]

omfg it's marina's shirt that she gave him

[mynameissarahred]

Haha oh okay I think I understand now :), sorry I was just really confused. When we say "director" it usually means the guy in charge of making a movie haha

[sgtsimpson93]

Voltaire was really a satirist and not a revolutionary. He was also a monarchist. Montesquieu was a political theorist that supported the seperation of power (Executive, Legislative, Judiciary) and D'Holbach was as German as Kant. Kant also wasn't an open supporter of christianity and opposed the Skepticism of Hume, not Secularism. In fact, Kant was agnostic and never was very religious.

[FISHMYMAN]

First of all, Kant was writing his works as opposed to the secularism of David Hume, it was pretty much a direct response. Kant was actually defending Christianity. Secondly, of all the brilliant/amazing French secularists/republicans/revolu­tionaries you chose a German who wasn't even in France? (Voltaire/Montesquie/D'holbach­) Seriously...

[droydi]

Btw; It was a handball court...

[MsBlushing24]

No, I'm with you!